7/23/2019 Calais Drivers Need More Protection From Migrants

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Calais drivers need more protection from migrants, says

lorry group

 Road Haulage Association warns of potential for fatal attacks and suggests deployment of French military

to boost security

By Haroon Siddique The Guardian / Sunday 5 July 2015

Someone will end up being killed if more i no!

done !o pro!e"! lorry dri#er from depera!e

migran! in $alai !rying !o ge! !o !he %&' !he (oad

Haulage )o"ia!ion ha warned*

+ndu!rial a"!ion by ferry worker o#er !he pa! !wo

week' whi"h a! !ime ha brough! lorrie !o a

!and!ill on bo!h ide of !he "hannel' ha led !o

"hao!i" "ene wi!h migran! !rying !o "lamber on

!o #ehi"le a! !he nor!hern ,ren"h por!*There wa ome relief af!er a par!ial lif!ing of !he

 blo"kade on Thurday' bu! on Sa!urday !here were

more problem when around around 150 migran!

!ried !o !orm !he !erminal a! $alai' "auing

dirup!ion and "an"ella!ion !o $hannel !unnel

er#i"e*

The (H) "hief e-e"u!i#e' (i"hard Burne!!' who re"en!ly #ii!ed $alai !o ee !he problem fir!.hand' aid + !hink 

i! a depera!e i!ua!ion for !ru"k dri#er* u! yourelf in !heir i!ua!ion you are on your own !rying !o ge! !hrough and

you#e go! 20 migran! around your !ru"k !rying !o ge! on' and youre on your own !rying !o ge! !hem off*

They are in!imida!ing' ome of !hem ha#e me!al bar' kni#e and' in one in"iden!' a gun wa poin!ed a! a !ru"ker*

Somebody i going !o ge! killed* + !hink !hing are beginning !o boil o#er*3

The migran! "rii ha e"ala!ed in re"en! week in $alai' wi!h around 4'000 people dipla"ed from "oun!rie

in"luding ri!rea' Syria and )fghani!an e!!ing up "amp near !he por!* ,ren"h aid worker ha#e aid 2'000 more "ould

arri#e o#er !he ummer a! !he "amp' ni"knamed Jungle ++*

The (H) ha ugge!ed deploymen! of !he ,ren"h mili!ary !o boo! e"uri!y in $alai* Burne!! "laimed Bri!ain wa

een a !oo a!!ra"!i#e a pla"e3 for migran! !o "ome !o' and "alled for a long.!erm olu!ion in#ol#ing go#ernmen! and

!he %* The ,ren"h and Bri!ih go#ernmen! ha#e bo!h fa"ed "ri!i"im for failing !o pre#en! dirup!ion*

6an $ook' opera!ion dire"!or of uropa 7orldwide Group' a &en!.baed !ranpor!' di!ribu!ion and logi!i" firm'

aid 7e ha#e had #ehi"le on !he mo!orway in broad dayligh! being urrounded by marauding mob ra"ing around'

opening door' "u!!ing !railer' "limbing in!o !he ba"k*

7e ha#e e-perien"ed qui!e a bi! of !hef! and damage !o "u!omer produ"!* 8oure looking a! no! only !he damage

!o equipmen! bu! alo "laim from "u!omer a well*3

The ,reh rodu"e $onor!ium e!ima!e !ha! 10m pie"e of freh frui! and #ege!able ha#e been !hrown away in"e

!he !ar! of !he year a a reul! of !he problem in $alai* or! of 6o#er offi"ial aid la! week ferry !rike "o! !he

%& e"onomy 91bn*

)l!hough !he pro!e! ha#e been upended un!il Tueday' ri" :er"ou!re' leader of !he ;ari!ime <ord union' ha aid

 blo"kade will reume if demand !o pre#en! =ob loe a! ;y,erry>ink are no! me!* 7e will blo"k !he !unnel' we

will blo"k !he por!'3 !he Sunday Time quo!ed :er"ou!re a aying*

) uro!unnel pokeman aid !he "ompany rei!era!e i! "all !o !he au!hori!ie !o pro#ide a olu!ion !o !he migran!

"rii and re!ore order !o !he $alai region3*

The home e"re!ary' Therea ;ay' and her ,ren"h "oun!erpar!' Bernard $a?eneu#e' agreed !hi week !o in"reae a

 =oin! in!er#en!ion fund !o impro#e e"uri!y around !he por! and !he $hannel !unnel* 

) Home @ffi"e pokeman aid >aw and order in and around $alai i !he reponibili!y of !he ,ren"h au!hori!ie'

 bu! !he %& "on!inue !o work wi!h i! ,ren"h "oun!erpar! !o !reng!hen !he e"uri!y of !he border !o !op illegal

immigran! en!ering !he %&*3