Migrant boat launches from furthest away beach ever recorded as smugglers evade French patrol

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Migrant boat launches from furthest away beach ever recorded as smugglers evade French patrol.

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French and British authorities are tracking a migrant boat this lunchtime, launched from the furthest away beach ever recorded, GB News can reveal.The migrant dinghy was spotted after launching the beach south of the port of Dieppe in Normandy around 8am today.A lifeboat was scrambled from Dieppe to catch up and escort the dinghy as it headed out into the English Channel.The launch site is around 100 miles south of the beaches more regularly used by people smugglers around Dunkirk.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say A senior maritime security source told GB News this morning's attempt to reach the UK is a "shocking illustration of the desperate lengths the criminal gangs will go to in order to avoid enhanced police patrols further north".In recent weeks, French police have significantly stepped up their patrols around Dunkirk and Calais in particular, by far the most common areas where small boats are launched from.Calais and Dunkirk have been favoured by smuggling gangs because of the...

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