{"id":1036140,"date":"2021-11-20T10:43:41","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036140"},"modified":"2021-11-20T10:43:45","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T15:43:45","slug":"sports-retailer-stops-kayak-sales-in-calais-to-prevent-channel-crossings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-retailer-stops-kayak-sales-in-calais-to-prevent-channel-crossings\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Retailer Stops Kayak Sales In Calais To Prevent Channel Crossings"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsports-retailer-stops-kayak-sales-in-calais-to-prevent-channel-crossings%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1036140&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1127745589-e1637178832861-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Major sporting goods retailer Decathlon has announced it will halt sales of kayaks in some French towns, claiming that migrants may be using the boats to engage in a dangerous attempt to cross the English Channel.<\/p>\n<p>The French sporting goods retailer stated this week that it felt kayaks sold in Calais and Grande-Synthe were being missed by those looking to illegally cross the English Channel to the UK from the French coast.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The company stated the kayaks were being \u201cdiverted from their sporting use\u201d and added that they \u201ccan serve as boats to cross the Channel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The use of the kayaks to cross the channel could, according to Decathlon, \u201cendanger the lives of people who use them as part of a crossing,\u201d newspaper<em> Le Figaro<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/societes\/migrants-decathlon-retire-ses-kayaks-de-la-vente-a-calais-et-grande-synthe-20211116\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7272727272727\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2018As Predicted\u2019: Estimated 1,000 Illegal Migrants Cross English Channel in New Daily Record <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G1osrhGrGe\">https:\/\/t.co\/G1osrhGrGe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1459225480360570884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Kayaks will remain on sale for online sales and the company stated that it will still stock safety products such as lifejackets and thermal protection in its shops in Calais and Grande-Synthe<\/p>\n<p>Last week, three migrants attempted to cross the English Channel from the northern French coast and were reported missing on Friday. Two of the kayaks were found off the coast of Calais and two shipwrecked migrants were later rescued by local gendarmerie.<\/p>\n<p>Late last month, three migrants are<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/10\/27\/three-boat-migrants-believed-drowned-in-the-english-channel\/\"> alleged to have drowned<\/a> while making an attempt to cross the channel after falling overboard while in an inflatable rubber dinghy. Two other migrants, both Somali nationals, were rescued by British authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Kayaks are not the only watercraft being used by migrants to cross the channel. While many use inflatable boasts others have reportedly even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lefigaro.fr\/societes\/migrants-decathlon-retire-ses-kayaks-de-la-vente-a-calais-et-grande-synthe-20211116\">used jet skis<\/a> to reach the southern coast of England.<\/p>\n<p>Brexit leader Nigel Farage drew attention to the issue, posting a picture of one of the jet skis allegedly used by migrants, stating that the UK\u2019s \u201chumiliation continues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far this month, the UK has seen record-breaking daily numbers of migrant arrivals, with around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/11\/12\/estimated-1000-illegal-migrants-cross-english-channel-new-daily-record\/\">a thousand illegals<\/a> arriving in a single day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9888268156425\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They\u2019re Using Jet Skis Now! Nigel Farage Says UK\u2019s Migrant Crisis \u2018Humiliation Continues\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IRSb3mr1j0\">https:\/\/t.co\/IRSb3mr1j0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1460911842268745729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h5><span><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Major sporting goods retailer Decathlon has announced it will halt sales of kayaks in some French towns, claiming that migrants may be using the boats to engage in a dangerous &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1036140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1036140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1036140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1036140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1036140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}