France aims to intercept UK-bound migrant boats offshore as Channel crossings surge

FILE PHOTO: Rescue personnel bring migrants ashore, after a boat carrying migrants from France sunk in the English Channel, in Dover, Britain August 12, 2023, in this still image obtained from social media. Stuart Brock/via REUTERS/File Photo

PARIS (Reuters) -Faced with a growing number of Channel migrant crossings, France hopes to stop more small boats from reaching Britain by changing its rules of engagement to intercept vessels, France's interior ministry has said.

France and Britain hope to unveil the measures at next month's U.K.-France Summit, according to a French interior ministry document seen by Reuters.