DOZENS of migrants risk their lives as they prepare to cross the Channel in a dangerously overloaded dinghy yesterday despite Sir Keir Starmer's vow to "smash the gangs".
The French police once again failed to stop a boat launching, despite the alarming sight of people wading into the water after it.
More than a dozen officers wearing armour and carrying batons watched as the dinghy struggled out into the Channel at Gravelines Beach, Calais.
They had fired tear gas in a desperate attempt to break the group up.
Dozens of young men dangled their feet over the sides of the dinghy, with more sitting in the middle on a piece of plywood holding the boat together. A hooded man, apparently trying to conceal his identity, steered the vessel.
Labour has vowed to "smash the gangs" and set up a Border Security Command to hunt down the people smugglers.
This will be partly funded by Sir Keir's decision to axe the Rwanda deportation scheme.
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