France has lodged a furious protest with Belgium after two police officers from there drove a group of illegal migrants across the border into French territory. <br /><br /> The incident began in Belgium on Tuesday when a driver alerted police after hearing noises in the back of his truck.<br /><br /> The migrants were apparently trying to get to Calais. <br /><br /> Despite sparking a diplomatic row, the local police chief of Ypres appeared unrepentant.<br /><br /> “The two policemen took them in their van because they did not want them to be walking directly on the road all the way to the border,’‘ George Aeck said. <br /><br /> During the drop off the two Belgium officers were immediately stopped by French police and taken in for questioning. <br /><br /> Another senior police officer from Ypres, Luc Deryckere, said: ‘‘Of course, our French colleagues had many questions about why those people were being dropped off there. I fully understand that they were taken to the police station where it’s easier to sort things out. This may be perceived differently.”<br /><br /> The incident reportedly resulted in France’s interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve phoning his Belgian counterpart Jan Jambon. <br /><br /> Cazeneuve is also said to have had a ‘‘frank and clear’‘ exchange with Belgium’s ambassador to France over the affair<br />
