<p>French security forces have detained 38 migrants seeking to cross the Channel on a small boat to Britain after they clashed with police, prosecutors said.</p>.<p>Three members of the gendarmerie were injured in Oye-Plage outside Calais on France's northern coast, prosecutors in the town of Saint Omer said late on Thursday.</p>.<p>They were patrolling the beach in all-terrain vehicles on Thursday morning when the migrants threw stones at them.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/setback-for-indian-students-as-uk-cracks-down-right-to-bring-dependents-1221469.html" target="_blank">Setback for Indian students as UK cracks down right to bring dependents</a></strong></p>.<p>The windshield of one of the buggies shattered and then and swerved into soft sands "causing it to roll over", prosecutors told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>The migrants continued their attack on the three gendarmes stuck in the buggy "before a rapid intervention by their colleagues to free them".</p>.<p>The three sustained wounds including to the head but have not been hospitalised.</p>.<p>London has repeatedly accused Paris of not doing enough to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. French officials insist they do seek to stop them on shore.</p>.<p>The right-wing Conservative government under British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made a priority of stopping the small boat crossings but people are continuing to undertake the journey on an almost daily basis.</p>.<p>In November 2021, 27 migrants died when their boat capsized in the Channel. On Thursday, French authorities charged five military personnel over failing to come to their aid.</p>
<p>French security forces have detained 38 migrants seeking to cross the Channel on a small boat to Britain after they clashed with police, prosecutors said.</p>.<p>Three members of the gendarmerie were injured in Oye-Plage outside Calais on France's northern coast, prosecutors in the town of Saint Omer said late on Thursday.</p>.<p>They were patrolling the beach in all-terrain vehicles on Thursday morning when the migrants threw stones at them.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/setback-for-indian-students-as-uk-cracks-down-right-to-bring-dependents-1221469.html" target="_blank">Setback for Indian students as UK cracks down right to bring dependents</a></strong></p>.<p>The windshield of one of the buggies shattered and then and swerved into soft sands "causing it to roll over", prosecutors told <em>AFP</em>.</p>.<p>The migrants continued their attack on the three gendarmes stuck in the buggy "before a rapid intervention by their colleagues to free them".</p>.<p>The three sustained wounds including to the head but have not been hospitalised.</p>.<p>London has repeatedly accused Paris of not doing enough to stop migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. French officials insist they do seek to stop them on shore.</p>.<p>The right-wing Conservative government under British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made a priority of stopping the small boat crossings but people are continuing to undertake the journey on an almost daily basis.</p>.<p>In November 2021, 27 migrants died when their boat capsized in the Channel. On Thursday, French authorities charged five military personnel over failing to come to their aid.</p>