Is this how you would expect those “fleeing persecution” to behave? Of course not; it’s how an angry supremacist mob behaves — they fear nothing.
The chaos at Calais is the direct result of a failure by France to control its own borders. Normal traffic to and from the UK is now in jeopardy. Trade, jobs and export is all put at risk — as are the lives of motorists and the good burghers of Calais.
Calais is migrant hell, and the authorities are powerless. Unlicensed shops and eateries that lack “‘the most basic sanitary rules’ in Calais” will remain open for business, a French judge has ruled.
Sprawling: Despite talk of dismantling the Calais “Jungle,” these new aerial photographs appear to show it is now bigger than ever. The camp appears to have moved from the adjacent field to the left of the picture to the sprawling tents seen in the field on the right
Calais: Authorities sought an emergency order to close 72 unlicensed stalls and restaurants dotted among the tents housing a suspected 9,000 migrants and asylum-seekers who are aiming to reach Britain.
Here’s the latest:
British motorist attacked in Calais by a gang of chainsaw-wielding migrants who hurled concrete boulders at his car warns holidaymakers to stay away By Daily Mail, August 17, 2016::Rhys Williams, 53, had windows shattered on his Mercedes near Calais
Migrants had chainsaws and threw Molotov cocktails into road, he said
They chopped down trees and set fire to them to block the carriageway
Mr Williams says that now, ‘no vehicle is safe’ from Calais ‘war zone’A British motorist is warning tourists to avoid Calais after migrants wielding chainsaws smashed up his Mercedes and hurled petrol bombs in the road.Rhys Williams, 53, was approaching the French port in the early hours when migrants from the sprawling jungle camp smashed his windows, causing up to £3,000 of damage.They ran onto the road brandishing chainsaws and throwing Molotov cocktails at the police and passing traffic in scenes that he said ‘resembled a war zone’.Rhys Williams, 53, was approaching the French port in the early hours when his Mercedes’ windows were shattered by inhabitants of the sprawling jungle campSwarms of migrants ran onto the road brandishing chainsaws and throwing Molotov cocktails at the police and passing traffic in scenes that ‘resembled a war zone’The attack is the latest in a string of incidents where migrants have attacked cars in a bid to block roads so they can access lorries bound for the UK.Mr Williams, an operations manager for the Road Haulage Association, was left covered in glass after his front and back door windows were shattered.Mr Williams said: ‘I was on the pitch black approach road to the port at about 1am in the morning when there was an almighty bang to the side of my car.‘Two or three migrants had thrown a massive boulder that smashed my windows and damaged the rear door, driver’s door and the pillar in-between.‘Two police vans were trying to contain 50 to 60 migrants that had come onto the carriageway with chainsaws and Molotov cocktails, throwing them at the trucks, the traffic and the police.‘They were chopping down trees and setting fire to them to block the road, there was no way the police could cope.‘In the middle of all this was a small family car, the occupants were clearly distressed.‘It was something that I can only imagine would resemble a war zone.’Mr Williams, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, says the incident on August 4 should be a warning to holidaymakers heading through the port.Mr Williams, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, says the incident on August 4 should be a warning to holidaymakersHe said: ‘They used to target the trucks but now it has taken another slant, no vehicle is safe, they are doing anything they can to stop the traffic so they can climb into stationary trucks.‘I don’t want to scare people but with the next two weeks being peak holiday season there will be a lot of people making their way to Calais, it’s really not a place families should be travelling through.‘I was covered in glass in my car, I dread to think what could have happened if there was a child in the back.‘My car is still in the body shop, the cost of repair will be £2,000 to £3,000 plus the cost of a hire car.‘Unless the authorities do something soon someone will be killed, that’s not scaremongering, it could be a lorry driver or a holidaymaker.’Migrants from the Calais camp, which has a population of 9,000 and rising, have been trying to board vehicles to gain entry to the UK.Rhys added: ‘Migrants are trying to get into the UK are now using very sophisticated techniques to get into vehicles.
And this:
CALAIS CRISIS: Migrants with iron bars ambush driver as 200 hauled from lorries in 3 HOURS,” The Express, August 13, 2016;
BRITISH motorists have lifted the lid on the shocking situation in Calais as migrants make increasingly desperate attempts to reach the UK.
By Nick Gutteridge
In a terrifying incident one van driver was confronted by a gang of migrants wielding iron bars who ambushed him by pushing a tree in front of his vehicle.Elsewhere a desperate trucker told how he saw at least 200 migrants being removed from lorries by police in the space of just three hours as the chaotic conditions in the lawless port town continue to deteriorate.The number of migrants living at the infamous Jungle camp in Calais has rocketed in recent weeks as more and more people look to take advantage of the warmer summer months to sneak into Britain.British van driver Glen Shadbolt revealed how he was ambushed by one mob who threatened him with metal bars and even rolled an entire tree trunk in frontThe 39-year-old from Knebworth, in Hertfordshire, told how he managed to escape the trap by driving his 3.5 tonne Sprinter van over the obstacle only to see motorists stuck behind being mugged by the mob.The terrifying incident on a dual carriageway in the French port was captured on his dash-cam on Monday evening as he was returning from Brussels.The father-of-one said: “They were there mugging people.“They were trying to get onto the lorries so they can get into the UK.“In order to do that they stop the cars which creates a traffic jams which gives them the chance to get onto the stationary lorries.“It was really scary. I was quite tired at the time and it definitely woke me up.”At Calais I saw at least 200 migrants taken from trucks in three hoursThe married man then continued to the port where he discovered a short time later that he had been fortunate to escape the attack unscathed.He said: “In that situation, you have just got to forget about the damage to the vehicle, they’re insured, and think about yourself.“I just looked away and ploughed straight through.“I almost ended up hitting one of them, but he got out of the way just in time when he realised I wasn’t stopping.“I was just extremely lucky that I was the first one there and I was a in a big vehicle.”He added: “If you went over it in a car you could do yourself some serious damage, even go off the road or flip over.“The cars behind me all stopped. They got their windows smashed in and some people got mugged.”Migrants queue for meals at the Calais jungle campAFP
Most live in the lawless Jungle campIn a separate incident lorry driver Tony Henderson, who works for Belfast-based firm Blair Transport, revealed how he saw more than 200 migrants being pulled from trucks and arrested by police in just three hours.The trucker revealed how his own truck’s lock and seal were carefully removed and replaced during a recent trip so that 10 migrants could be hidden inside.The incident occurred at a ‘secure’ lorry park 70 miles from Calais, and he only realised what had happened when police at the port spotted that the locks had been tampered with.He said: “This was organised people smuggling – they knew what they were doing. The lock had been carefully cut behind the seal so it wasn’t visible and the lock and seal were then replaced.“At Calais I saw at least 200 migrants taken from trucks in three hours – it’s the worst I’ve ever seen it was just mayhem. They were being marched out in blocks. The French police were doing a great job, and were working flat out. But where does it all stop?”
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