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In Europe, a summer under high migratory pressure

2021-08-02T18:33:25.451Z


DECRYPTION - As France tries to stem the influx of boats to the United Kingdom, clandestine entries abound in the south of the country.


Two Bays in Montreuillois, Grand Calais Terres & Mers, Boulonnais, Terre des 2 Caps, region of Audruicq, Pays d'Opale… Behind the charm of these tourist names lie the communities of communes of Hauts-de-France among the more exposed to illegal immigration.

By prefectural decree, it is now forbidden to sell or buy more than 10 liters of fuel there to fill jerry cans.

The measure, valid for two months, aims to stem the flow of "small boats", these small rigid or semi-rigid motor boats in which smugglers crowd migrants bound for Great Britain.

Each candidate for the Channel crossing pays at least 3000 euros to the network that supports him.

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Already, since January 1, more than 8,000 illegal immigrants have joined the English coasts aboard at least 350 makeshift boats.

These uprooted people are Eritreans, Sudanese, Afghans, Iraqis, Syrians.

Six of them died at sea and three are carried

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Source: lefigaro

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