| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re: Yvette Cooper isn’t deterring them is she? | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 05/09/24 17:15:00 |
| “Tuesday’s deaths in the English Channel have, as usual, done nothing to deter the smuggling gangs from launching more flimsy, overcrowded boats from the French coastline. A BBC team watched a packed inflatable craft heading north, close to shore, early on Wednesday morning. An hour later, a similar boat – very possibly the same one – was seen veering towards a French beach favoured by smugglers near the town of Wimereux to pick up even more paying customers. French police rushed to intercept the group before they could clamber on board, but arrived moments too late. The boat set off with well over 40 people on it, some standing or clinging to the sides.” |