![Migrants queue for hot-meals from the Salam Charity aid agency food truck as a Belgian Welsi B.V. haulage truck decorated with a British Union flag, also known as a Union Jack, passes along a highway in Dunkirk, France, on Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. In January, British and French authorities agreed to a joint action plan that includes spending more than 6 million pounds ($7.8 million) for additional measures to deter migrants. Photographer: Geert Vanden Wijngaert/Bloomberg](https://thenational-the-national-prod.cdn.arcpublishing.com/resizer/v2/MCPK6IDUL3D65AEIAI6NAWG4MM.jpg?smart=true&auth=f0d407c02c1128f4e9975231d5ba5b9b519c3ed82a4cef16fda4791cbb1774df&width=400&height=225)
Migrants queue for hot meals from the Salam Charity aid agency in Dunkirk, France. Bloomberg
Migrants queue for hot meals from the Salam Charity aid agency in Dunkirk, France. Bloomberg
France intercepts dozens of migrants trying to cross Channel
Sharp increase in dangerous crossing attempts to UK this month
Agence France Presse
21 January, 2020