French police ran over woman amid rising migrant violence, charity says

George Lithgow, PA Political and Home Affairs Correspondent A mother trying to cross the English Channel to the UK was injured when French police ran over her leg in a motorised buggy, a charity has claimed. Utopia 56, an organisation working on beaches used for small boat launches, has reported an increase in French p

British-funded police units have taken an increasingly proactive approach to blocking crossing attempts.

British-funded police units have taken an increasingly proactive approach to blocking crossing attempts.

NGO criticises ‘human cost’ of UK-funded crackdown on attempts to set off from French beaches in small boats People trying to cross the Channel to the UK have reported an increase in French police use of violence on beaches to prevent them from getting into dinghies, according to a French NGO. Utopia 56, which works on