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| Calais migrant crisis 'could shift to other ports' |
| 2015-08-21 |
| [BBC] The migrant crisis could shift from Calais to other ports, Home Secretary Theresa May has said. Mrs May said she was "well aware of the possibility of displacement" of the issues at Calais, and was "looking at" security at ports including Dunkirk. She spoke as the UK and La Belle France agreed a deal further improving security around Calais. She said ministers were also in talks with Belgium and the Netherlands about security at their ports. Commons Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz echoed Mrs May, highlighting the "dangers of the domino principle" and saying that closing one route "will only mean the problem moves to another port". He said agreements needed to be in place with countries across Europe's north coast to prevent that. 'Resistant to abuse' Migrants camped in and around Calais have been making nightly attempts to reach the UK, often by boarding lorries heading for the port or the Eurotunnel. Mrs May, who toured the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles earlier, said it had been a "difficult summer" with high levels of migrant activity and strike action in Calais. But she said joint efforts with the French government were working. She said La Belle France and the UK would also work with other EU states to try to ensure there were "fully functioning external borders and an asylum system that is resistant to abuse". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Schadenfreude? Red on red |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-08-21 14:36 |
| #5 Perhaps Algeria or Morocco might take them? Or Pakistain? |
| Posted by: Fred 2015-08-21 12:24 |
| #4 Shoot them. |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2015-08-21 11:58 |
| #3 I'm a bad person Schadenfreude? The temptation is strong. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-08-21 10:13 |
| #2 I'm a bad person |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-08-21 03:06 |
| #1 Too late to hire the Slovenian chick....? |
| Posted by: Bov Flimbers 2015-08-21 02:48 |