FRENCH authorities said today that they have banned 10 members of a British group who attempted to stop migrants leaving French beaches on small boats bound for Britain.

The ban on the members of the “Raise the Colours” group prevents them from entering or staying in France, the Interior Ministry said.

A ministry statement characterised the group’s militants as “extreme right” and described their activities in France as a potential threat to public order.

It said the activists made trips to France to hunt for and destroy small boats used on the migration route across the English Channel.

The group’s activists have also carried out “propaganda activities” along the northern French coastline “aimed at the British public, which was called upon to strengthen the movement’s ranks in order to put an end to the migration phenomenon,” the statement said.

The ministry did not name the 10 British nationals but said they had been “identified as militants within the movement who carried out actions on French territory.”

RTC activists have previously harassed aid workers and damaged the boats of refugees looking to cross the channel.

More than 41,000 people crossed the Channel to Britain in small boats last year, an increase on 2024, according to the Home Office.