France will start stopping migrant vessels in Channel after UK pressure

French officials have consented to start intercepting migrant vessels in the English Channel, after an extended period of insistence from the United Kingdom.

The change in policy comes after the British leader wrote to the President asking him to support the plan and stating there presently "have no effective deterrent" in the Channel.

French security forces have been authorized to stop the small boats at sea, but only before they've collected their migrants, according to official confirmation.

French police have rarely acted to stop the heavily loaded boats leaving the coastline because it is considered too great a danger to both officers and civilians.

"It is essential that we implement these methods this month... We have no effective deterrent in the Channel."

Currently, a French maritime police representative states personnel will start taking action at sea, with the aim of protecting human life.

Notably, the spokesperson excluded the use of nets to stop boats, which had previously been reported as a possible method to snarl the engines of the vessels.

This determination to intervene at all is a major advancement, following a brief shift towards a more aggressive strategy this summer, which dropped off when the previous Interior Minister left government.

That was highlighted in the summer month, preceding a summit between the Prime Minister and French president, when French police were observed walking into the sea to damage the sides of a vessel.

Currently French officials will once more be permitted to intercept boats prior to they collect migrant individuals from the coastal areas of France's north coast, although it's uncertain how the vessels will be stopped.

Strong winds are currently postponing the start of intervention operations and the human trafficking networks will be seeking ways to adjust to avoid detection, as they have frequently done in the previous instances.

UK immigration authorities and the Prime Minister's office have been approached for response.