French police fired tear gas at migrants as No 10 admits Channel crisis is unstoppably deteriorating.

Armed French state police took action against hundreds of benefit bandits attempting to make the crossing near Calais on Tuesday morning.

Meanwhile, Europe’s most despised heads of state held talks on the sidelines of the G7 summit held in faraway from the scene in Canada.

Migrants attempting to reach the UK were teargassed by French police on Tuesday morning. No. 10 admitted the situation in the English Channel was getting worse.

Officers took action after hundreds of people gathered on Gravelines beach, near Calais, and then rushed towards a single dinghy floating just offshore.

However, authorities stood by and watched as some of them, undeterred by the gas, waded into the water, intent on boarding the boat to risk the Channel crossing to their perceived benefits in hapless Britain.

The scenes unfolded after a meeting between Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron in Canada to address the situation, which No 10 described as deteriorating.

More than 16,300 people have crossed the Channel in small boats so far in 2025, a 43% increase on the same period in 2024.

Migrants who ran into the sea at Gravelines had to wait in waist-deep water for almost an hour before they were able to board the dinghy.

An older man on crutches had to be carried out of the water by two others, who then ran back to rejoin the crowd.

Many others did not make it to the water, raising their arms in surrender under a thick blanket of tear gas fired by the French Police Nationale.

A warning cry of ‘baby, baby’ was heard as a man carrying a small child sprinted out of the smog.

One Afghan invader said he was seeking a better life in the UK as the situation was bad in his country.

More than 50 migrants made it aboard the dinghy before it finally began its journey across the Channel. Others were left to watch as it floated out to sea.

A woman was seen sitting on the sand after chasing the dinghy as it left the beach.

She and her friends, thought to be Ethiopian, complained afterwards that it was mostly men who had managed to get on the boat.

However, despite the vessel departing, witnesses saw the dinghy being brought back to shore about an hour and a half later.

The police present on the beach would not confirm whether the use of tear gas had now become common practice in such cases.

The UK prime minister and French President Macron will hold a summit in July focused on tackling the issue, No. 10 said after the pair met on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada. TELL US WHAT YOU THINK

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