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Bruno Retailleau, the French interior minister, announced on Thursday that he is seeking a law change to allow migrants to be tackled out of boats in shallow water.
The rule change will also allow police to use their own boats for the first time to take on people smugglers carrying migrants to the UK in overloaded vessels.
French law currently prohibits police from tackling a migrant boat once it has entered the water, leaving officers only able to launch a rescue operation.
People smuggling gangs have begun using “taxi boats”, which remain in the water and collect migrants from beaches in Northern France, without setting foot on land.
The tactic allows smugglers to evade capture, forcing police to conduct rescue operations rather than arresting the perpetrators.
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