«Breaking News» French police catch 14 Iraqi migrants trying to steal a fishing trawler 'to get to Britain'

French police caught 14 migrants trying to steal a fishing trawler in the Channel port of Boulogne, a local prosecutor said Tuesday.

The group of migrants were said to have broken into the boat, called the 'Caprice des Temps', and attempted to hotwire it at around 9.30pm on New Year’s Eve. 

It was the latest in a string of incidents in which migrants have tried to use French vessels to attempt the Channel crossing to England.

'Those seeking to help them on their way were busy breaking into the trawler' to let them aboard when harbour authorities called police, Pascal Marconville told AFP.

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A group of 14 migrants were arrested after trying to steal the 'Caprice des Temps' (pictured) in Boulogne

The migrants, including a mother and her two children, said they came from Iraq.

Police were still looking for two people they suspected of being the people smugglers involved in the incident, Marconville added.

In mid-November, a fishing vessel called 'L'Epervier' was stolen from the harbour was intercepted with migrants aboard off the southern English coast.

A second stolen vessel was stopped with 16 migrants aboard on December 23 just after making it out to sea from Boulogne harbour.

Britain and France have agreed to boost cooperation to try to stop the increase in numbers, which began in October, the Britain's Home Office said Sunday.

They plan to increase Channel patrols and increase awareness of the dangers of trying to cross what is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes.

In December, around 230 people have tried to make the 21-mile (33-kilometre) journey from France to Britain, according to Britain's interior minister Sajid Javid.

In November last year, a boat called 'L'Epervier' was stolen and damaged by migrants who tried to cross the English Channel

French or British vessels have rescued about 100 migrants in the Channel since December 23.

British authorities found 43 people in English waters on Christmas Day and December 26.

On Thursday, British border officials found 23 Iranians in three locations in Kent on England's southeast coast, hours after French maritime authorities intercepted 11 migrants in a small boat near Sangatte.

And on Sunday, authorities intercepted six Iranians near Kingsdown beach in Dover.

Britain said Monday it would deploy two border patrol ships in the Channel in response to the increase in migrants crossing from France in dinghies.

Migrants aboard a rubber boat after being intercepted by French authorities, off the port of Calais, northern France on Christmas day

Stowaway migrant is found hiding in a coach's luggage compartment at an Isle of Wight ferry port as French police are pictured tearing down three makeshift camps near Calais 

A stowaway migrant has been detained after being found by a coach driver hiding in his vehicle's luggage compartment at an Isle of Wight ferry port.

Police were called to the island's ferry terminal where the man was discovered hidden on the coach, run by Kardan Travel, returning from mainland Europe.

It emerged today that the vehicle had returned to the island from Austria, via the Channel Tunnel, and the migrant was found on Friday as passengers disembarked.

An Isle of Wight Police spokesman confirmed a man was arrested on suspicion of an immigration offence, and the case was being handled by Border Force officials.

Refugee charity Auberge des Migrants posted a picture of officers clearing three makeshift camps in France today, tweeting: 'On January 1, 2019, nothing has changed in Calais'

It comes as police destroyed three makeshift camps outside Calais today as the deepening Channel migrant crisis forced Sajid Javid to perform a humiliating U-turn.

Refugee charity Auberge des Migrants posted a picture of French officers clearing the sites, tweeting: 'On January 1, 2019, nothing has changed in Calais.'

More than 120 migrants have been caught crossing from France over the festive period, as MPs called for more to be done to bring the crisis under control.

It comes as the Home Secretary, already forced to cut short his safari holiday this week, bowed to pressure from Tory MPs to recall two ships to British waters.

He had previously insisted the move was a risk and aides repeatedly rejected the idea, saying it might encourage more migrants to make the dangerous crossing.

His about-face means that two Border Force cutters will be brought back from the Mediterranean to bolster the lone ship on patrol in the Straits of Dover.

A stowaway migrant was detained after being found by a coach driver hiding in his vehicle's luggage compartment at the Isle of Wight ferry port of Fishbourne (file picture) 

Another 12 people claiming to be Iranians arrived on the Kent coast yesterday as it emerged anyone picked up in English waters will be brought to the UK.

Meanwhile the Border Force cutter off the Kent coast deactivated its location beacon amid fears migrants have used a smartphone app to track - and avoid - the vessel.

Migrants claimed that around ten people a night are still getting into Britain in the back of lorries crossing the Channel.

Mr Javid yesterday held crisis talks in Whitehall after cutting short his family safari holiday in South Africa. 

Speaking after a meeting with senior officials from the National Crime Agency and Border Force, he said: 'I have made a decision today to redeploy two of the Border Force's largest vessels, known as cutters, from abroad back to the UK, to south-east England, and they will be joining a cutter that is already there and two other coastal patrol vessels.

'This will help both with the human side of this situation but also to better protect our borders.'

Mr Javid said about 230 migrants had sought to cross the Channel in December, although just under half of them were 'disrupted' by the French and never left the their coast.

The Home Secretary said that as well as deploying the cutters, efforts are being stepped up to return migrants to France.

Home Secretary Sajid Javid speaks at the Home Office in London yesterday about the crisis

He also promised that 'covert' action would be taken on the other side of the Channel to disrupt smuggling rings as part of improved cooperation with French authorities.

However, Mr Javid confirmed that anyone picked up in English waters would, at least initially, be brought to the UK to have their asylum claim heard. Under international maritime law, the Channel is divided in half for search and rescue operations.

If migrants are picked up in the UK half, then they are usually taken to Britain. But if they are picked up on the French side, then they are usually taken to France.

Appearing before a committee of MPs in November, the Home Secretary had said: 'I have thought about: do we bring back one of the cutters we have in the Mediterreanean and put it to work in the Channel?

'That becomes a humanitarian and rescue mission and we have seen the risk in other countries that that can encourage more people to try and cross the Channel.'

Charlie Elphicke, the Tory MP for Dover and Deal, last night welcomed Mr Javid's announcement but warned more action must be taken.

He said: 'This makes it even more important we put renewed pressure on the French government to play their role in tackling this crisis, preventing these crossings from happening at all.

'I have written to the Home Secretary asking him to visit me in Dover and meet those on the frontline in dealing with this issue.'

British Red Cross chief executive Mike Adamson last night urged the Government to provide migrants with safe alternatives to risking the Channel crossing.

He said: 'People only attempt perilous journeys like crossing the Channel because they are desperate. It is deeply concerning that men, women and children feel they have no choice but to put their lives at risk in their search for a safe place to live.'

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