A post on Facebook makes false claims about policies relating to fishing quotas and small boat crossings in UK waters. But this sort of comparison fails to tell the whole story.
If a boat is found to be in distress within a country’s national waters, it isIn the international waters of the Channel, which fall outside of UK and French territories, the, “every coastal state” including the UK is required to promote the establishment and maintenance of an effective search and rescue service.
“proceed with all possible speed to the rescue of persons in distress, if informed of their need of assistance”.French authorities patrol beaches to prevent crossings, French authorities also patrol beaches in the north of the country in efforts to stop people from undertaking the crossing to the UK.that French authorities “prevented nearly 33,000 crossings” in 2022, adding that this represented an increase of more than 40% compared to 2021.
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