French gendarmes patrol the beach in Ambleteuse near Calais, northern France, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Land, sea and air patrols are combing the beaches, dunes and frigid, murky coastal waters of northern France in a bid to end an unusual high-risk tactic by migrants, mostly Iranians: trying to sneak across the English Channel in rubber rafts. (AP Photo Michel Spingler)