France says it is increasing the number of rescue boats in the English Channel to deal with the growing number of migrants trying to reach the UK.
Two additional vessels are being deployed in what the French Coastguard describes as an "unprecedented" move.
It follows criticism of the French response to the incident in November 2021 in which 27 people drowned trying to cross to the UK in a dinghy.
More than 40,000 people have made such crossings this year - a record number