Strict asylum rules and poor treatment of migrants in the EU are pushing people north to the UK A group of Kurdish migrants from Iran and Iraq who failed in their attempt to reach the United Kingdom by boat after being discovered by the police refuse to return to shore on the beach of Ambleteuse, northern France, on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) AMBLETEUSE, France — The rising tide crept above their waists, soaking the babies they hugged tight.