World French ship pulls 45 migrants from Channel
A video of forced wandering of exiles near Paris arouses strong emotion
© CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP About 300 to 400 migrants were forced to walk in the streets of Aubervilliers, Saint-Ouen and Saint-Denis, near Paris during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. According to associations and journalists on the spot, the police would have dislodged these exiles so that they could not settle down to sleep. The Paris police headquarters did not wish to react.
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Priti Patel and her French counterpart agreed to double the number of French police officers patrolling a 150km stretch of coastline. Britain and France have signed a new agreement aimed at curbing the number of migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats.
Doubled police patrols along French beaches, drones and radar, says British interior minister Priti Patel, will deter boat migrants . France and Britain signed off on a deal on Saturday to increase patrols in an attempt to stop people from trying to cross the English Channel .

Forty-five migrants "including a pregnant woman and children" were rescued Saturday in the English Channel after their improvised boat found itself "in trouble" off Dunkirk, French authorities said.
Several of the people "appeared to be in a state of hypothermia" after being brought aboard a patrol ship, the French prefecture in charge of the Channel and North Sea said in a statement.
First responders and border police took charge of the migrants, who were "all safe and sound" when they were put ashore in Calais in the early evening, it added.
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Mr Farage said that he witnessed a French ship escorting a “rib” (a small rubber boat) loaded with 13 illegal migrants into British waters. In the video
French authorities rescued 11 migrants attempting to cross teh English channel on February 7, 2020. - Copyright Prefecture Maritime de la Manche According to the Home Office, French authorities have prevented 216 migrants from carrying out land and sea crossings between January 20 and February
Calm weather this weekend prompted fears among French sea rescuers that larger numbers than usual would attempt the crossing to Britain, a source close to emergency services told AFP.
With busy traffic and powerful winds and currents, the Channel crossing can prove extremely dangerous for small boats despite the apparent short distance between Calais and British port Dover.
In late October, four people died and three were reported missing, devastating an Iranian-Kurdish family in the deadliest single incident for migrants attempting to cross the Channel.
Increasing numbers of people have attempted the sea crossing from France to Britain since 2018.
On Saturday, the two countries signed a deal aimed at shutting down the route, which calls for French patrols to be doubled and for radar and drones to be used to spot migrant boats earlier.
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The president is seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from census calculations used to apportion House seats, electoral votes and federal funds.The president is seeking to exclude undocumented immigrants from census calculations used to apportion House of Representatives seats and electoral votes, a policy that also could impact the distribution of federal funds. The high court will hear oral argument in the case Monday and has promised to rule by the end of the year.
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