time for our world the battle for the channel. it isa it is a game of cat and mouse played in a ribbon of sea between britain and france that pits people smugglers against police patrols and governments against each other. we police patrols and governments against each other. against each other. we have offered to against each other. we have offered to the against each other. we have offered to the french - against each other. we have offered to the french many l offered to the french many times to deploy reddish offices onto the beaches. it is not something they feel that they need. ~ . , ., something they feel that they need. ~ . , . need. when migrants are packed into flimsy. need. when migrants are packed into flimsy, inflatable need. when migrants are packed into flimsy, inflatable boats - into flimsy, inflatable boats incentive into the sea. record numbers of migrants are now reaching british shores this way, and the smugglers are always one step ahead. so wh
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Escort them into british waters rather than intervene. the uk now says if france won t intercept boats and turn them back, reddish water police might. if it is safe to do so british border police. .
Bring people before they put them in the boat, and old makeshift shelter. above is a field of cows. david is going to show me inside with a door the equipment. it s pretty dark in here. scattered inside is the debris left by previous groups. and hidden in the floor, undera groups. and hidden in the floor, under a rock, groups. and hidden in the floor, undera rock, a dinky, wrapped in plastic, and ready to inflate. smugglers now often sassy but separate to their passengers, to stop them being taken if there is a raid by the police. dinghy. david shows me the route down to the beach. the smugglers would get wind of a police patrol up to two hours before it reached them, he says.
Men don t have the resources to detain dozens of migrants. bigger boats with more passengers are one of the ways smugglers have adapted. and it s creating fresh problems for police. have there been times when you have had to let them go because you. with smugglers now using internal waterways to transport boats to the coast, pressure on all sides is growing. 0ver