WIMEREUX, France (Reuters) - The police unit had staked out a stretch of coast in northern France before dawn only to see a group of migrants hundreds of metres away then emerge from behind the towering sand dunes, carrying an inflatable dinghy down to the sea's edge.
By the time the officers had reached their launching zone, delayed somewhat by a barrage of projectiles, the migrants had scrambled aboard the dinghy and set course for England.
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