MIGRANTS IN CALAIS, FRANCE - Update 29 March, 2017

Update 29 March, 2017
The situation is still as grim and dangerous for lorry drivers and holiday makers despite burning down the camp. Migrants did not go  away but went into the forest camping. The root of it is the USA who have invaded Syria fighting a war since 2011 supporting ISIS through Saudi Arabia supplying weapon at the same time. UK joined in in fighting and supplying weapons to the Saudis.   

UPDATED:  14 July, 2015
Home Secretary Theresa May announced a 'Secure Zone' for Lorries is to be established. No more details were given but the lorries will be away from the open roads where migrants attack them.  It will be a space for 230 lorries and a two-and-a half mile long stretch.

From the end of June till now 8,000 migrants were prevented, partly due to the French Ferry Strike.
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UPDATED:  26 June,2015
Would it be wrong to assume there is more than just benefit behind that migration.  Cameron should close the borders.

These are all young, well fed men, no hardship obviously. The drivers said that their knives as so sharp you could shave yourself with. They throwing stones and rocks at drivers and police which had been dramatically increased. According to drivers they are as ruthless as you can et them. Could there be more reason to flood the UK with these immigrants? They do not look like desperate people.

The situation in Calais, France went on for many years and it is known to the Government in France and French police but nothing was done, drastically, to stop it.

Now it has grown out of proportion and will increase further. It only was brought fully into the press when 65 migrants were found in one lorry.

As one truck driver stated:  “It is a war zone there.” They all have weapon such as knives, baseball bats and some have guns. They have no concern to stab or beat somebody up.  Their intention is to open up and they mean it.  

A great number of drivers fear for their lives and many thinking of giving it up rather than losing their lives.

 

All this time it was hardly mentioned in the press what these drivers face. After the incident of 65 in one lorry the press seems to focus on the problem and pressure the French Government to increase the police force or army in Calais.

Apparently there are 3,000 migrants sleeping rough at any one time.

When the lorry slow down or are at a stand-still because ar the bottle neck ahead of them to go on the ship; it is that moment when they break open the door at the back and jump in by the dozens.

A video was made last Sunday which shows the hordes swarmed around the lorry but not a French police in sight.  The lorry drivers stated the damage they cause runs into hundred of thousands of pounds.

It is well known amongst the migrants from all over the world that the UK is a haven for benefits. Once over here they can establish themselves and then bring over their families.

French people, not the police, smashed up a camp in Paris.  Migrants camp there before they move on to Calais.

It is rapidly coming to a crisis because truck drivers started to refuse to go to Calais.

A major haulage group pointed out that the freight carriers find it too costly because of the damage the migrant cause and most of all the drivers fear for they lives.  

When they break open a truck with food they do not care but spread themselves all over it and contaminate it.  The freight company loses hundred of thousand of pound, some times £1million, because the supermarket will not accept it and it has to be destroyed. Eventually, it could cause food shortage. 

  

Even the town Calais is under siege because battles break out between gangs trying each to get the best route to the UK.

Many truck drivers trying to avoid Calais and take a round-about trip which costs time and money.

Calais copes with 9,000 trucks a day, in and out, of the UK. Even the going out of the UK trucks are attacked by people who want to go back again.

The haulage companies warned that it can get very serious if nothing gets done. Some drivers could be killed or seriously injured. It is just a matter of time.

On arrival in the UK the drivers have their lorry thoroughly checked by border guards because if they get caught with migrants in their vehicle they get heavily find even if it is not their fault. £2,000 per migrant just to prevent drivers to co-operate. 

The hold-up also can cause late deliveries of parts necessary for manufacturing. If it is not on time, a cancellation of shifts could be the result of it.

The European haulage companies are already received refusal to go to Calais when their drivers can go to any other European country safely and not so costly because of the damage.

It is amazing that over the last few years no attempt had been made and the Border Agency, a contractor, had been knows for carelessness. Home Secretary Theresa May cancelled the contract and brought it under her control, named now Border Force but it did not make any difference.

Last yea, the chocking news was, officially, 250,000 migrants came to the UK; after an earlier promise from David Cameron that he would cut it down to 100,000.  Of course, it is not known how many illegal migrants came.

The source of the trouble is that organised gangs operating and they increase year by year. It is no doubt a lucrative business for them. Even in Calais they are so numerous and built ghettoes and by one account people get killed every night.

It is an unacceptable situation on both sides and hyped up by unscrupulous gangs who make billions of pounds.  There are reports that a journey to the UK costs anything between £1,000 and up to £10,000 pounds.

It is baffling that the migrant claim they are hard up and starving but the entire pictures shown they look well fed. It is also to wonder how they can afford these large sums of money; it must be huge sums in their currencies. It all does not add up.