EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALAIS RESIDENTS Calais "suffering" from migrant crisis and industrial disputes, residents say

Record ID: 140676

  • Title: EUROPE-MIGRANTS/CALAIS RESIDENTS Calais "suffering" from migrant crisis and industrial disputes, residents say
  • Date: 31st August 2015
  • Summary: CALAIS, FRANCE (AUGUST 31, 2015) (REUTERS) CALAIS HARBOUR SIGN READING: "CALAIS" AT FERRY PORT VARIOUS OF TOWN MAN ON BICYCLE PEOPLE ON STREET (SOUNDBITE) (French) LOCAL RESIDENT AND SPORTS COACH, JONATHAN DUFOUR SAYING : "Today the situation is so bad that politicians have to show up here, it's been the case recently, it used to be the case during the Sangatte centre which was then closed, today unfortunately we are waiting for people to die crossing the Channel, for unrest in the streets of Calais, the situation is a bit of a shame." VARIOUS OF FENCES PROTECTING CALAIS FERRY PORT LOCAL RESIDENTS ON STREET SOUNDBITE (French) STUDENT, MAXIME QUEHEN, SAYING : "The situation is getting worse and worse, we see them (migrants) in the street. Calais has changed a lot in the last 15 years, industrial sites closing, migrants who are trying to cross to England, at the moment they are trying to force through to the tunnel, SeaFrance which closed, which bought MyFerryLink and which is now filing for bankruptcy, so Calais is getting weaker every day and with every coming year." MIGRANTS VARIOUS OF POLICE ON BOAT MIGRANTS IN THE STREET WITH POLICE PATROLLING ON BOAT
  • Embargoed: 15th September 2015 13:00
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  • Location: France
  • Country: France
  • Topics: General
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  • Story Text: The migrant crisis in the French port of Calais along with other industrial disputes were matters of concern for the people of Calais on Monday (August 31), on the day where French ministers and EU commissioners were visiting different sites at the port.
    Images of thousands of migrants camped in the Northern French port seeking illegal passage to Britain on board trains and trucks have recently led French and UK politicians to react and find solutions.
    "Today the situation is so bad that politicians have to show up here, it's been the case recently, it used to be the case during the Sangatte centre which was then closed, today unfortunately we are waiting for people to die crossing the Channel, for unrest in the streets of Calais, the situation is a bit of a shame," said one resident, sports instructor Jonathan Dufour.
    France and Britain have jointly increased security at the Eurotunnel terminal in Calais after weeks of disruption to traffic caused by migrants attempting to enter the site to board trains or lorries on their way to Britain.
    And the city is also seeing trouble with a long running ferry dispute in which protesting ferry-workers blocked road access to the port to save jobs.
    "The situation is getting worse and worse, we see them (migrants) in the street. Calais has changed a lot in the last 15 years, industrial sites closing, migrants who are trying to cross to England, at the moment they are trying to force through to the tunnel, SeaFrance which closed, which bought MyFerryLink and which is now filing for bankruptcy, so Calais is getting weaker every day and with every coming year," said Calais student Maxime Quehen.
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