Peter1469
09-09-2016, 03:11 PM
Britain and France to construct a wall around the port at Calais (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/britain-and-france-to-construct-great-wall-of-calais-to-keep-migrants-from-port/2016/09/07/b921b2c4-7500-11e6-9781-49e591781754_story.html)
The migrants keep trying to sneak into Britain from the port of Calais, so the Brits and French are building a wall.
British authorities confirmed Tuesday that construction will begin this month on a concrete wall in Calais intended to keep migrants and refugees from the city’s port, where they frequently attempt to stow away on U.K.-bound trucks and ferries.
“This measure is intended to further protect the Rocade from migrant attempts to disrupt, delay and even attack vehicles approaching the port,” the British Home Office said in an emailed statement. The Rocade is an access road leading into the port.
On Monday, French truck drivers and local residentsprotested (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/french-truck-drivers-stage-protest-in-calais-calling-for-dismantling-migrant-camp/2016/09/05/36eec84c-720c-11e6-9781-49e591781754_story.html) against the large migrant camp outside the city, blocking traffic and insisting that migrants and refugees have increasingly resorted to violence to gain passage to Britain, 20 miles across the English Channel.
Tuesday’s update from U.K. Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill on what local residents immediately began calling on social media the “Great Wall of Calais” came days after the French government pledged, again, to close the “Jungle” encampment outside Calais. Goodwill declined to comment further.
The migrants keep trying to sneak into Britain from the port of Calais, so the Brits and French are building a wall.
British authorities confirmed Tuesday that construction will begin this month on a concrete wall in Calais intended to keep migrants and refugees from the city’s port, where they frequently attempt to stow away on U.K.-bound trucks and ferries.
“This measure is intended to further protect the Rocade from migrant attempts to disrupt, delay and even attack vehicles approaching the port,” the British Home Office said in an emailed statement. The Rocade is an access road leading into the port.
On Monday, French truck drivers and local residentsprotested (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/french-truck-drivers-stage-protest-in-calais-calling-for-dismantling-migrant-camp/2016/09/05/36eec84c-720c-11e6-9781-49e591781754_story.html) against the large migrant camp outside the city, blocking traffic and insisting that migrants and refugees have increasingly resorted to violence to gain passage to Britain, 20 miles across the English Channel.
Tuesday’s update from U.K. Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill on what local residents immediately began calling on social media the “Great Wall of Calais” came days after the French government pledged, again, to close the “Jungle” encampment outside Calais. Goodwill declined to comment further.