French police watch on as migrants cross Channel illegally

British-funded French police have been filmed watching as migrants board small boats to illegally cross the English Channel, an ITV News investigation can reveal. Our team were near Dunkirk at a well-known launching point for the small boats, when a group of more than 50 migrants were able to cross the beach and get onto a dinghy directly in front of French officers, apparently unimpeded. This occurred despite a £500m investment from the UK government as part of a three-year agreement with.