France Deploys ‘Floating Dam’ to Prevent Illegal Migrant Departures to the UK
19th August 2023
French authorities have deployed a new floating barrier in the Prefecture of Pas-de-Calais in the north of the country in an effort to hinder illegal migrant boats trying to cross the English Channel and catch people smugglers.
The barrier, which has been labelled a “floating dam,” was deployed on the Canche River last week in Étaples and is designed to stop so-called ‘taxi boats’ from picking up migrants before heading across the English Channel, the newspaper Le Parisien reports.
The barrier itself is made from yellow buoys connected tightly together with a chain and is anchored on each side of the Canche River making any crossing of the river impossible.
Sound familiar? It does, to a Texan.