Migrant crisis: Ben Leo on angry tirade as French police storm beach to stop Channel crossings

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GB News star Ben Leo has launched a furious tirade on the People’s Channel that slammed the Channel’s handling of the migrant crisis.

The statement follows shocking footage of dozens of migrants boarding small boats near Calais.

French police ran after the migrants but failed to prevent some from boarding the rowing boats.

The incident came a day after 12 migrants died in a tragedy in the English Channel while attempting the perilous crossing to the British coast.

Police chase Channel migrant boats and Ben Leo

Ben Leo furious about the refugee crisis in the Channel

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Ben asked GB News why more can’t be done to tackle illegal travel.

“Like many of our viewers and probably much of the country, I am just completely stunned,” he said.

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“A nation that once ruled the waves, we conquered the world with our navy. Now we can no longer prevent the rubber dinghies of their equivalent of Tesco from crossing the Channel.

“It’s absolutely surd. We’ve gotten caught up in these conversations about legalities and laws and policies and whether the French will do it, but when it comes down to the facts, it’s just madness that people are coming en masse in rubber boats.”

Ben also suggested that border guards and police officers be given additional assistance.

“I am sure there are thousands of Britons who would volunteer to patrol British and French beaches,” he said.

Alp Mehmet and Ben Leo

Alp Mehmet joined Ben Leo on GB News

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“Why can’t we just patrol the beaches with an army and cut up these boats with knives?”

Alp Mehmet of Migration Watch told Ben that the French might have something to say about such a proposal.

“It’s just not realistic. That’s not how we work,” he said.

“Ask the French why, they don’t do it. We’ve been trying for years to have joint patrols with them and they don’t accept it.

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“This is something that will continue for some time, partly because our government does not want to do anything serious about it, but also because the French and the EU (European Union) have a hard time with this.”

Sixty-five people were rescued in Tuesday’s incident. The prime minister called the incident “shocking and deeply tragic” and told MPs in the House of Commons: “We must be determined to put an end to this.”

His comments came after Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said “vital” efforts to dismantle “dangerous and criminal smuggling gangs” and improve border security “must continue apace”.

French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin is said to have called for a migration treaty between the UK and the EU to limit the number of border crossings following the tragedy.

But Downing Street rejected this, with a spokesman saying: “We have no plans to be part of an EU asylum programme, but we will continue to work with European partners to close smuggling routes and destroy those criminal gangs.”

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