OFFICIALS in Belgium are stopping small boat crossings to Britain thanks to a zero-tolerance approach that shames their French counterparts.
Cops guarding Belgian ports and a nine-mile coastline facing Britain have overseen a 92 per cent reduction in people smuggling in the last five years.
Unlike French Navy ships that escort migrant boats until they reach UK waters, the Belgians have been intercepting the inflatables and arresting all on board.
A sophisticated network of sensors, cameras, barriers and drones – backed by a Frontex surveillance plane and police patrols – have stopped the criminal gangs in their tracks.
Tent cities housing migrants are regularly dismantled on Belgium’s west coast and anyone deemed an illegal immigrant is immediately locked up.