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PARIS (Reuters) – The number of people departing from French shores to cross the English Channel by boat has dropped this year as French security forces have ramped up land interceptions of convoys trying to reach the coast and fewer Albanians are making their way to Britain, according to the French coastguard and UK Home Office. Since the beginning of the year, 34,000 people have attempted to make the sea crossing, compared to 52,000 in 2022, a drop of 30% . “This is linked to the intervention of the security forces, we are doing a lot of interceptions on the coast, a lot of interceptions on …