Video appears to show French police using aggressive tactics against small boats carrying migrants across Channel

Footage appears to show the French authorities using aggressive tactics to intercept small boats carrying migrants across the Channel. Two video clips obtained in an investigation by Lighthouse Reports and the Observer reportedly show maritime police trying to physically force the vessels to turn around in an attempt to prevent them from making the crossing to the UK.

' A second video reportedly shows members of the French gendarmerie threatening to use a large tank of pepper spray against migrants as the police boat pulls alongside the dinghy before ramming into it. Rishi Sunak, who has promised to 'stop the boats', signed a £480m three-year deal with French president Emmanuel Macron last year to tackle Channel crossings.

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