(AFP) Towns along France’s northern coast on Thursday limited takeaway sales of fuel to 10 litres per customer to curb illegal migration across the Channel, a local newspaper reported Thursday.
“Buying or selling more than 10 litres of fuel — petrol or diesel — in hand-carried containers is prohibited,” the order issued Thursday said, according to La Voix du Nord daily.
The local prefecture said the measure was necessary given a “growing presence” of migrants seeking to cross illegally to Britain.
The decree noted that petrol-fuelled outboard motors were “one of the main ways” of making the perilous voyage.
