Why did Belgian police escort transmigrants off the Flemish coast to France and not arrest them?

Boats carrying 200 migrants were escorted from the Flemish coast to French waters last weekend. Why does Belgium’s federal police not arrest them off our coast? “At all costs we want to avoid anyone losing their life during a rescue operation like that,” says police spokesperson An Berger, who has seen the problem escalate significantly this spring.

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