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French authorities to begin intercepting small boats in Channel after UK pressure
France has agreed to start intercepting small boats in the Channel, after an extended period of pressure from the United Kingdom.
The change in policy follows the Prime Minister wrote to the French leader asking him to back the plan and stating there currently "lack any effective preventive measure" in the Channel.
French security forces will be allowed to intercept the migrant vessels at sea, but exclusively prior to they've picked up their migrants, according to authoritative confirmation.
French authorities have infrequently intervened to prevent the heavily loaded boats departing from the shoreline because it is viewed as excessively high a risk to both officers and civilians.
"It is essential that we implement these tactics this month... We have no effective deterrent in the Channel."
Now, a French naval police representative says personnel will begin intervening at sea, with the aim of protecting lives.
Significantly, the official excluded the use of entanglement devices to stop boats, which had earlier been suggested as a potential technique to disable the propellers of the vessels.
This determination to take action at all is a significant step forward, coming after a short-lived change towards a more aggressive strategy this warmer season, which ceased when the previous Interior Minister left office.
That was highlighted in July, in the run-up to a summit between the Prime Minister and President, when authorities were observed wading into the sea to damage the hulls of a vessel.
Now French authorities will once more be permitted to stop boats before they pick up asylum-seeking individuals from the coastal areas of northern France, although it's uncertain how the vessels will be stopped.
Powerful gusts are presently delaying the start of intervention operations and the people-smuggling gangs will be looking for ways to adapt to evade detection, as they have done so often in the past.
The Home Office and the Prime Minister's office have been contacted for comment.
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