Now reaching british shores this way, and the smugglers are always one step ahead. so who is winning the battle in the channel? we are out on patrol to ask why two of the world s richest and most powerful countries can t stop migrants crossing 20 miles of sea. it s four o clock in the morning and wear out on patrol with general travers and his team of gendarme stop he runs a constant patrol of a0 active gendarmes and active reservists paid for by the uk. they patrol almost 90 miles of coastline ....