A teenage migrant has tried ‘100 times’ to cross the Channel to Britain on a small boat France And declared that he would ‘never give up’.
Abdul Osman, who claims to be a 17-year-old from Sudan, has been living in a tent ‘jungle’ for seven months in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk.
He insisted that no one could stop him from reaching Britain, where he said his mother currently lives, adding, ‘This is my path to freedom.’ I will try every day. I don’t care if the police keep trying to stop us and if bad people attack me because I don’t have money to give them.
‘I want to leave France because there is no life here. “They don’t care about us,” he told The Sun.
Abdul Osman (right), who claims to be a 17-year-old from Sudan, has been living in a tent ‘jungle’ for seven months in Loon-Plage, near Dunkirk. Picture taken after his boat was cut up by French police yesterday
He insisted that no one would stop him from reaching Britain, where he said his mother currently lives ‘This is my path to freedom’
French police were yesterday pictured using a dramatic escalation of force and firing tear gas on inflatable boats to disperse migrants trying to leave the continent. Usman can be seen getting off the boat
Now it appears Osman got his wish, as The Sun reports he was on a boat that managed to escape police and fly off the beach yesterday.
French police were yesterday pictured using a dramatic escalation of force and firing tear gas on inflatable boats to disperse migrants trying to leave the continent.
However, they ultimately failed, when new dinghies arrived just 15 minutes later, which the migrants, including Usman, jumped into and managed to push into the sea before police could stop them.
Even when warned that rwanda The bill became law this week, so this means home Office Authorities can now begin detaining the first batch of migrants to be sent to Rwanda ahead of the first flight this summer, with Osman still unable to be deported.
‘No one will stop me. I will go to England. I don’t want to be sent to Rwanda but I’m not afraid to go there.
‘Nothing bad can happen from here.’
Now in a shocking revelation, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has also supported the policy of deporting people to third countries for the asylum process.
In its manifesto for June’s European elections, Ms von der Leyen’s European People’s Party (EPP) has called for ‘fundamental changes to European asylum law’.
However, the police ultimately failed when a new dinghy arrived just 15 minutes later, into which the migrants, including Usman, jumped and managed to escape into the sea before the police could stop them.
Even when warned that the Rwanda Bill becomes law this week, meaning Home Office officials can now start detaining migrants for deportation, Osman could not be dissuaded . Pictures of police firing tear gas at migrants trying to cross to Britain yesterday
French National Police officers seize a boat after stopping migrants from boarding a smuggler’s boat while trying to cross the English Channel
The European Parliament’s largest EPP group has pledged: ‘We want to implement the concept of safe third countries. Anyone applying for asylum in the EU may be transferred to a safe third country and undergo the asylum procedure there.’
Writing in today’s Mail on Sunday, a delighted Mr Sunak says: ‘When I first became Prime Minister I said that others would recognize that meaningful deterrence was the only way to stop the boats and now the EU’s top Parties are also following our lead. ,
Pictures of an operation on the Dunkirk beach show officers wearing body-armour wading into the sea to foil a sea crossing attempt.
An officer is seen brandishing a knife as he prepares to deflate a boat carrying dozens of migrants. Other policemen are seen dragging the boat’s motor away.
Frustrated migrants are seen collapsing on a beach as they are prevented from making the dangerous journey, with some paying up to £1000 each to make it.
The dramatic change in strategy is understood to be a direct response to the tragedy that occurred near the town of Vimereux in the early hours of Tuesday.
Three men, a woman and a seven-year-old girl died during the chaos when their boat, carrying 112 people, was attacked by a rival group of migrants as it was preparing to depart.