Projectiles were hurled and street fires were started during early-morning clashes between riot police and migrants in northern France.
A group was seen hurling rocks at the cops early on Friday, while flames burned on the road close to a Gravelines park, according to dramatic photos and video.
According to reports, the altercation started when police showed up to prevent a small boat—likely headed for Britain—from being launched from a town canal.
Several men who faced off with police were wearing life jackets, according to reporters at the scene.
Gendarmerie and Police Nationale personnel, who were armed with shields, helmets and tear gas, were involved in the encounter with the group of migrants.
It lasted for approximately 20 minutes at about 5.30 am, and police reportedly used tear gas to disband the mob.
Yesterday morning, migrants were filmed sprinting into the water and boarding a dinghy at Gravelines beach.
Images show people heading out to meet the inflatable boat, which was dangerously overfull with dozens of young men clinging onto the sides in a frantic endeavour to cross the channel.
Downing Street claims that French authorities have been using more forceful methods to address the small boat issue in recent weeks.
Footage emerged earlier this month of officers slashing a dinghy packed with migrants and hauling the deflated vessel back to dry land, prompting outrage from refugee charities.
But footage which appeared yesterday revealed the moment French coastguard members off the coast of Gravelines passed out lifejackets to migrants about to cross the Channel to Britain.
Officials are seen handing life jackets to migrants in a dangerously packed dinghy, rather than preventing it from heading out into the open sea.
No police were seen on the beach as the group boarded the black inflatable boat.
Witnesses saw one boat drop off several men at about 5 am, who went into the sand dunes, before a second boat came close to shore, circling until the migrants appeared on the beach.
The people, including a family with two children, put themselves into groups before trying to climb onto the boat.
More than 22,500 people have arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel so far in 2025, a record for this point in the year.
The same milestone was not hit until mid-to-late August in prior years, including 2022, the year which went on to see a record annual total of 45,700 arrivals.
In an attempt to crack down on the crossings and the people-smuggling gangs who run them, French President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer agreed last week to a one-in, one-out migrant returns pact.
Leaks had suggested 50 migrants a week, about one in 17 arrivals, would be sent back to France initially. But that was not signed off by the leaders.
During their meeting on Thursday, Sir Keir commended Berlin’s intentions to bolster regulations to prevent small boat crossings before the end of the year.
The PM said the countries were sending a ‘clear sign we mean business’ as he and the Chancellor signed the first bilateral treaty since the Second World War.
It includes moves to close a loophole that has meant people-smuggling gangs could use Germany as a hub to store supplies without risk of prosecution.
No other country houses, feeds or gives them money, but the UK does. They get free board and lodgings, health care, pocket money and still, UK politicians have not figured out why they want to come here, but then our politicians wouldn’t be allowing them in if they were not gaining something out of it.
Now they’re fighting police and causing fires. This we don’t need in the UK, but still they come!
This must stop NOW! Starmer cannot allow this to persist. We keep telling him and previous PMs, but have any of them taken any notice? No! We could all see this coming, so why couldn’t subsequent governments?
Additionally, they are allowed to prowl our neighbourhoods and harass and threaten our women and children.
We are now the mugs of Europe, that’s why no Eurozone country will help the UK to stop these boats, because we give these illegals everything they want and more – we are soft, Johnny English.
Keir Starmer needs to recognise that it’s not his money to give, it’s the taxpayer’s money, but they’re happy to force down wage rates for genuine British people – how could this be anything but intentional, and how many years has our government permitted this to continue?
And Nigel Farage believes France will just let us return all illegal migrants, dream on! However, I don’t suppose Farage can do any worse than Starmer has.
Now, what you are seeing in France may very well happen here in the UK. So, why entice more?
Maybe tomorrow the French will about turn and let them invade England? After all, we have to keep up appearances for the BBC film crews.
These migrants know full well they will be protected once they reach the UK by our politicians and ‘stand up to racism lot.’
Keir Starmer needs to stop seducing them to the UK.
They’re all coming here. No women, no children, just the men, and all our government is saying, ‘Hello. Here’s some accommodation and some free handouts. You are welcome.’ They may as well give them a blank cheque!
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