Moment French border guards ram their speedboat into an overloaded migrant vessel as it sets off from a Calais beach bound for Britain
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a French border guard vessel attempted to ram a heavily overloaded migrant craft as it set out for the perilous Channel crossing to Britain this morning.
The black inflatable dinghy carrying dozens of migrants set off from Gravelines beach close to the port of Calais around 7:30am local time this morning in what appeared to be fairly calm waters.
But the migrants made it less than 100ft into the sea before being spotted by a French board guard unit in a speedboat.
Flashing blue and red lights, the speedboat made a couple of close passes by the dinghy, warning it to turn around and head for shore.
When the dinghy continued on, the coastguard craft pulled up alongside before appearing to ram the sorely overloaded migrant vessel.
Witnesses on the beach in Gravelines said the migrant boat was then pursued by a French naval vessel and the coastguard search and rescue craft 'Ridens' which attempted to shepherd the dinghy into Calais port.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13756833/Moment-French-border-guards-ram-speedboat-overloaded-migrant-vessel-sets-Calais-beach-bound-Britain.html
Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a French border guard vessel attempted to ram a heavily overloaded migrant craft as it set out for the perilous Channel crossing to Britain this morning.
The black inflatable dinghy carrying dozens of migrants set off from Gravelines beach close to the port of Calais around 7:30am local time this morning in what appeared to be fairly calm waters.
But the migrants made it less than 100ft into the sea before being spotted by a French board guard unit in a speedboat.
Flashing blue and red lights, the speedboat made a couple of close passes by the dinghy, warning it to turn around and head for shore.
When the dinghy continued on, the coastguard craft pulled up alongside before appearing to ram the sorely overloaded migrant vessel.
Witnesses on the beach in Gravelines said the migrant boat was then pursued by a French naval vessel and the coastguard search and rescue craft 'Ridens' which attempted to shepherd the dinghy into Calais port.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13756833/Moment-French-border-guards-ram-speedboat-overloaded-migrant-vessel-sets-Calais-beach-bound-Britain.html
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