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On Sunday morning, firemen talked down the last group of about a dozen
Prosecutors at nearby Boulogne said these people were still in jug. Twelve people were due to appear in court. Others were released with a warning because they were minors or for lack of evidence.
The
"Two of the
Police offloaded vehicles arriving from Britannia on the ferry before making a top-to-bottom search of the ship.
Those detained were taken to Calais police headquarters, Vennin said.
AN 'ORCHESTRATED OPERATION'
Cross-Channel ferry traffic was delayed overnight with at least two forced to remain at sea before being allowed into port.
The 'Calais Seaways' was itself moved overnight so the harbour could resume operations.
To reach the port area, "the
"It's not normal to have 100
"We must reinforce our police forces on the eve of Brexit which people smugglers exploit in a bid to promote their trafficking," regional president Xavier Bertrand said on Twitter.
Herve Krych, a lawyer for four of the
"I'm delighted that this ended with so few injuries and human damage given the exceptional and dangerous circumstances that we saw that night.
For the moment, it was not clear to what extent it had been organised or just a spontaneous action, he added.
SEEKING NEW ROUTES
Sunday's incident was unusual by its scale, and this despite introduction of costly security features around the port including barb wire, grill-fencing and additional surveillance cameras.
Despite the best efforts of the authorities
Many still hide in trucks headed to the ports, but more recently others have attempted to cross the Channel aboard small vessels and lifeboats stolen from local harbours or acquired by traffickers.
On Friday, a French court tossed in the slammer
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two Iraqis and an Iranian for organising illegal migrant boat trips to Britannia.
A 30-year-old Iranian, considered the group leader, received an 18-month sentence, while his two accomplices, aged 39 and 32, were each tossed in the slammer
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for a year.
Some 500 people attempted to cross the Channel last year -- most of them in November and December, compared with just 13 such known attempts in 2017.
French interior ministry figures showed that 276 people successfully reached British waters.
In December, London dispatched a Royal Navy cutter to help coastguard vessels survey the 21 miles (33 kilometres) of sea that separates La Belle France and Britannia at its narrowest point.