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A French police officer has been seriously stabbed while trying to prevent migrants from crossing the English Channel into Britain. When the officer tried to flatten the inflatable boat of a group of 60 migrants on a beach near Calais on Saturday, he was stabbed in the hand, the newspaper “Le Monde” reports. The policeman, who suffered an artery injury, required surgery. The police tried to identify the perpetrator among the group of men, women and children.
Officials use tear gas
During the night, police had already destroyed three inflatable boats on the beach that migrants wanted to use to make the dangerous crossing from northern France to Britain. The attack on the police officer came during an altercation with the refugees, in which the officers also used tear gas, reports Le Monde. According to the police, it is a regular occurrence for migrants to violently attack French officials who try to stop the crossings.
Paris and London recently agreed to jointly step up the fight against unwanted migration. Britain has long been paying France money for increased border security. The United Kingdom saw a record number of nearly 46,000 boat migrants last year. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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