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. U...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/french-police-violence-channel-crossings-uk)