Reform UK threatens ‘day of reckoning’ over illegal crossings as ‘laughing’ French police oversee ‘disgraceful invasion’




Reform UK has vowed a “day of political reckoning” over Britain’s migrant crisis is coming following a damning report on French police failures on the country’s Channel coast.Images emerged from Gravelines, France, on Wednesday showing an older man on crutches hobbling to a dinghy as legions of French officers looked on.Armed border guards were seen hurling tear gas grenades and pursuing asylum seekers into the water – but under soon-to-be-scrapped laws, they were unable to accost them once in the sea.Once in the Channel, even up to the ankles, police will touch neither them nor their dinghies, through fear of harming them – while police have told the Daily Mail that there are too many migrants, and too much shoreline on France’s north coast, for them to be stopped.Images emerged from Gravelines, France, on Wednesday showing an older man on crutches hobbling to a dinghyPANow, Reform’s deputy leader Richard Tice has voiced his fury at the footage.”The disgraceful invasion continues,” he fumed. “These pictures infuriate Britain.”He continued: “French gendarmes laughing as they take our money… illegal migrants coming to take our money. A day of political reckoning is coming. Only Reform will stop the boats.”Tice’s fury comes just days after French police were seen standing and watching asylum seekers as they attempted to board a small boat.FURY AT BRITAIN’S MIGRANT CRISIS – READ MORE:’A day of political reckoning is coming. Only Reform will stop the boats,’ Richard Tice promisedHOUSE OF COMMONSJust yesterday, it came to light that people-smuggling gangs are offering Channel crossings for just £2,000 per personPA