People smugglers 'using smaller boats as a diversion' on Channel crossings
Small dinghies are being used to distract police while larger boats are launched, Mr Dumont says
"Sometimes they use small, small boats as [a] diversion for bigger boats to cross after," he told BBC Radio Kent.Mr Dumont, the MP for Calais, said hundreds of migrants had been intercepted last week, and greater funding for police would allow more boats to be stopped. The size of boats reaching the UK has increased this year, with the average number of people arriving in each vessel rising from 13 in 2020 to 23 in 2021.Meanwhile, French authorities have restricted the sale of diesel and petrol in small containers in the Calais region, with sales capped at 10 litres, in an attempt to reduce crossings.
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