Issued on: 15/12/2023 - 09:11 1 min This photograph taken on August 29, 2023, shows a French gendarme vehicle patrolling near the beach of Gravelines, northern France, to prevent migrants from being smuggled to Britain. Sameer Al-Doumy, AFP
Tens of thousands of people a year have been making the dangerous crossing over the English Channel from France in small boats, making the issue a political priority for the British government and a bone of contention between London and Paris.
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