French riot police used teargas on people trying to board small boat, charity claims

A charity claims French riot police funded by UK taxpayers used teargas on asylum seekers trying to board a boat near Dunkirk on Thursday. The Guardian has reviewed footage showing gas canisters being deployed around four in the morning. At six in the morning, three women were found dead in a boat near the same beach.

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