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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Diane Taylor

Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge student protesters

French police dig out a vehicle stuck in sand on a beach at night
The incident involved a UK-funded land cruiser known as Masstech VEZI (Vehicule d’Eclairage de Zone d’Intervention) such as this one. Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images

French police have used 4x4 vehicles paid for by British taxpayers to charge at student protesters during the school protests that have swept the country.

The French government has confirmed that an investigation has been launched into why the cars, funded by the UK government specifically to prevent asylum seekers crossing the Channel, were used during a protest involving school students in Dunkirk.

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