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France to begin stopping small boats in Channel after British demands
France has agreed to start intercepting migrant vessels in the English Channel, after an extended period of pressure from the United Kingdom.
The change in policy follows the British leader wrote to the French leader urging him to back the plan and saying there currently "have no effective preventive measure" in the Channel.
French security forces will be allowed to stop the small boats at sea, but only before they've collected their migrants, according to authoritative confirmation.
French authorities have infrequently intervened to prevent the heavily loaded boats departing from the coastline because it is viewed as excessively high a risk to both personnel and individuals.
"It is essential that we deploy these methods this period... We have no effective deterrent in the Channel."
Currently, a French maritime police representative states personnel will start intervening at sea, with the aim of safeguarding human life.
Significantly, the spokesperson ruled out the use of nets to intercept boats, which had previously been reported as a potential method to snarl the propellers of the vessels.
This determination to intervene at all is a major advancement, following a brief change towards a stricter approach this warmer season, which dropped off when the previous Interior Minister departed from government.
That was highlighted in July, in the run-up to a meeting between the Prime Minister and French president, when French police were witnessed wading into the sea to damage the sides of a vessel.
Currently French officials will again be permitted to intercept boats before they collect asylum-seeking passengers from the coastal areas of France's north coast, however it's not clear how the vessels will be stopped.
Powerful gusts are currently postponing the start of intervention operations and the people-smuggling networks will be looking for ways to adapt to avoid detection, as they have done so often in the past.
UK immigration authorities and the Prime Minister's office have been approached for response.
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