法国当局自春季以来在英吉利海峡已10次拦截小船偷渡行为[1]，采用登船和控制战术将寻求庇护者遣返法国[1]。周日发生的事件中，从法国出发的两艘小船里，一艘在海上被拦截，另一艘在陆地被阻止[1]。星期二还发生了一起事故，超过170名移民在渡过英吉利海峡的船只起火后获救[1]。
英国边境安全部门高管驳斥了英国政治人物此前关于法国消极应对的指责，声称法国警察一直在努力阻止出发[1]。数据显示，今年1月至7月中旬英吉利海峡小船偷渡人数同比下降43%，从去年的21,690人降至今年的12,469人[1]。英国4月向法国提供6.6亿英镑资金用于打击偷渡[1]。
偷渡路线已从加莱-多佛的27英里扩展到迪耶普等南部地区，距英国约70英里[1]。
French authorities have stopped 10 small boats attempting to cross the English Channel since spring, using boarding and control tactics to return asylum seekers to France.[1]
A Sunday incident saw two small boats depart from French territory, with one intercepted at sea and the other prevented from launching on land.[1] Meanwhile, a separate incident on Tuesday resulted in the rescue of more than 170 migrants after a vessel carrying them caught fire during the Channel crossing.[1]
The smuggling routes have expanded beyond the traditional 27-mile Calais-Dover passage to southern departure points such as Dieppe, which lies approximately 70 miles from the UK.[1]
Small boat arrivals during the period from January to mid-July fell 43 percent, dropping from 21,690 people in the same timeframe last year to 12,469 this year.[1] This reduction comes after the UK provided France with £660 million in funding in April to combat smuggling operations.[1] UK border security officials have characterized French police efforts as consistently active in attempting to prevent departures, countering earlier criticism from British politicians who accused France of insufficient action on the issue.[1]