Two French police officers have been injured in clashes with migrants, as the number crossing the English Channel passed 15,000 for the year so far.
The trouble erupted around Sangatte, near Calais, as officers tried to stop a group of people smugglers and migrants launch a small boat from the local beach.
Around 60 migrants threw rocks and other missiles at the police, injuring two of them.
Reinforcements were called from the French police public order unit, the CRS.
They managed to stop and puncture the boat.
The injured officers were treated in hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
The unsuccessful launch near Sangatte was one of multiple attempts to cross the English Channel yesterday, after an improvement in weather conditions.
262 people crossed illegally in 5 small boats on Friday afternoon into Friday evening.
The crossings were the first since 147 made the journey 10 days earlier.
Another two small boats crossed early this morning, before weather conditions deteriorated again, as Storm Antoni moves in.
GB News can reveal that 15,100 migrants have crossed the English Channel illegally since the start of the year.
That number is down more than 2,500 on the same period last year.
But maritime experts have told GB News that unusually extreme and unpredictable weather conditions have made conditions in the Channel impassable for much of the last few months.
This time last year, the UK was enjoying a summer heatwave and flat calm conditions in the Channel.
After around 100 migrants crossed on Saturday morning, the weather is expected to remain largely impassable in the Channel for much of next week.
Those who arrived early this morning were filmed by GB News as they were taken to the Border Force migrant processing center at Dover harbour.
The Border Force vessel Hurricane arrived at the harbour with the first boat load of migrants around 1:30am.
The Dover lifeboat took the second group into the Kent port just after 8am.
GB News Kent producer said weather conditions at the time were more than 15 knots, with moderate swells in the middle of the Channel.
The roughly 50 people on the boat picked up by the RNLI included a small number of children.
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