Up to 100 Britons reportedly jailed in France for attempted people smuggling /Travel chaos as Channel tunnel shuts amid French ferry workers strike

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Series Details 23.06.15
Publication Date 23/06/2015
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Julie Colaert, the deputy public prosecutor for the French port town of Calais, told the BBC on the 22 June 2015 that smuggling gangs were increasingly recruiting British car and van drivers to take migrants to Britain.

Other features discuss the issue of migrants who had arrived at Calais seeking to get to the United Kingdom through a series of increasingly desperate ways.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/23/britons-jailed-people-smuggling-migrants-calais-france-channel
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BBC News, 23.06.15: Calais migrants seek to exploit port strike http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33240475
Deutsche Welle, 23.06.15: Calais sailors' strike shuts Eurotunnel http://dw.com/p/1FmMD
ESO: Background information: Calais migrants ‘willing to die’ to come to Britain, says French port’s mayor http://www.europeansources.info/record/calais-migrants-willing-to-die-to-come-to-britain-says-french-ports-mayor/
The Guardian 23.06.15: Travel chaos as Channel tunnel shuts amid French ferry workers strike http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jun/23/travel-chaos-as-channel-tunnel-shuts-and-french-ferry-services-are-cancelled
France24, 23.06.15: Protesting sailors halt travel at Channel Tunnel, Calais port http://www.france24.com/en/20150623-france-channel-tunnel-calais-protesting-sailors-block-roads
The Local.fr, 23.06.15: French protests cause Channel travel chaos http://www.thelocal.fr/20150623/protestors-close-calais-port-and-channel-tunnel
Deutsche Welle, 04.07.15: Migrants disrupt Eurotunnel traffic between France, UK http://dw.com/p/1Fsjk
BBC News, 04.07.15: Dozens of Calais migrants try to storm Channel Tunnel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-33393593
EurActiv, 22.07.15: British truckers sold CO2 monitors to detect migrants http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/british-truckers-sold-co2-monitors-detect-migrants-316487

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