Guardian: Decathlon does not sell canoe boats due to illegal migrants sailing to Britain 
Decathlon sports stores in northern France temporarily stopped selling canoe boats due to the increased number of illegal migrants sailing to Britain, writes The Guardian.
“Given the current context, the acquisition of canoes will no longer be possible,” – leads publication of the firm's statement. It also says that canoes are increasingly being bought not for sports purposes, but in order to cross the canal. This, emphasizes in “Decathlon”, endangers human lives, and the company cannot allow its customers to risk so much.
It is reported that such a measure was proposed directly in the administration of stores in cities close to the narrowest place strait. It is noted that recently illegal immigrants began to try to overcome the 34-kilometer waterway in a canoe.
On October 26, UK emergency services urgently responded to an incident off the southern coast of the island: migrants had to be rescued trying to get into the country on an inflatable a boat.
On August 4, the United Kingdom even had to suspend military exercises due to the landing of 20 boats with migrants at once on the coast of Kent.