WORK has begun on the UK-funded ‘Great Wall of Calais’ in a bid to keep out migrants trying to cross the border.
Builders today started work on the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France.
It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern France.
The £1.9 million concrete barrier first revealed in July will be erected at nearly four metres tall – replacing barbed wire.
JUNGLE WALL BEGINS Work starts on UK-funded £2million Great Wall of Calais to stop migrants sneaking into Britain from the Jungle
Workers today began to build the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France
BY ELLIE FLYNN
20th September 2016
The Sun
WORK has begun on the UK-funded ‘Great Wall of Calais’ in a bid to keep out migrants trying to cross the border.
Builders today started work on the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France.
Work has begun on the UK-funded ‘Great Wall of Calais’ in a bid to keep out migrants trying to cross the border
Builders started work today on the 13ft concrete wall
Workers pour concrete as they begin construction of the wall's foundations
The wall will run along the road leading to Calais harbour
Great Wall of Calais... Britain is set to build a 13ft-high wall to stop migrants at the Jungle camp getting into the UK
It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern France.
The £1.9 million concrete barrier first revealed in July will be erected at nearly four metres tall – replacing barbed wire.
It is being built as part of a £17m package of measures.
Road hauliers called the wall a “poor use” of public money – with many calling for funds to be used on soldiers patrolling the area instead.
But Home Secretary Amber Rudd told MPs that while the UK provided money to help secure Calais, it was up to the French to decide which measures to use.
It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern France
Ministers have been desperate to start work after an explosion in the number of migrants trying to reach the UK
It comes as residents demand the so-called "Jungle" camp is closed for good
A number of fences are currently in place to protect the port, the Eurotunnel terminal and train tracks on the other side of Calais
Ministers have been desperate to start work after an explosion in the number of migrants trying to reach the UK before the French clear the refugee camp.
Immigration Minister Mr Goodwill recently told the Commons’ Home Affairs Select Committee: "The security that we are putting in at the port is being stepped up with better equipment.
"We are going to start building this big new wall very soon. We’ve done the fence, now we are doing a wall."
Construction of the new wall is due to be completed by the end of the year.
A number of fences are currently in place to protect the port, the Eurotunnel terminal and train tracks on the other side of Calais.
It is not thought the fence will replace any of those measures.
The Home Office said the measure was intended to stop migrant attempts to "disrupt, delay or even attack vehicles approaching the port".
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said this month the Jungle would be closed down "as quickly as possible" but said it would be done in stages - though residents of Calais want a date set for the entire camp to be razed.
Local authorities say the wall is also designed to dissuade people traffickers from operating around the Jungle and it will be made of concrete panels that can be removed when no longer needed.
"This wall is going to prevent migrants from getting on to the road every night. They put tree trunks, branches, gas cylinders" in the road to stop the trucks, Calais port chief executive Jean-Marc Puissesseau said earlier this month.
"We can no longer continue to put up with these repeated assaults," he said.
His comments come as the migrant camp in Calais continues to swell in population despite France's promises to close it down.
Workers dig foundations of a wall along the road leading to the harbour of Calais, northern France
The Great Wall of Calais will stop refugees trying to sneak on to trucks at the port
The Home Office said the measure was intended to stop migrant attempts to "disrupt, delay or even attack vehicles approaching the port"
There are calls from Calais residents to shut down the Jungle camp
It now houses an estimated 10,000 people - mostly migrants from war-torn nations in the Middle East and Africa who are desperate to reach Britain.
Attempts to forcibly board lorries crossing the Channel are turning increasingly violent.
Holidaymakers and truckers have filmed armed gangs using fires and huge branches to halt traffic on motorways near Calais - before storming the vehicles.
A few weeks ago French truckers and farmers staged a blockade of the port city in a bid to disrupt trade vehicles making the Channel crossing.
Refusing to move until the government promised them a date of closure of the Jungle, protesters marched on foot while trucks blocked traffic.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18179...3ft-concrete-wall-around-calais-migrant-camp/
Builders today started work on the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France.
It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern France.
The £1.9 million concrete barrier first revealed in July will be erected at nearly four metres tall – replacing barbed wire.
JUNGLE WALL BEGINS Work starts on UK-funded £2million Great Wall of Calais to stop migrants sneaking into Britain from the Jungle
Workers today began to build the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France
BY ELLIE FLYNN
20th September 2016
The Sun
WORK has begun on the UK-funded ‘Great Wall of Calais’ in a bid to keep out migrants trying to cross the border.
Builders today started work on the 13ft concrete wall around the Jungle migrant camp in France.
Work has begun on the UK-funded ‘Great Wall of Calais’ in a bid to keep out migrants trying to cross the border
Builders started work today on the 13ft concrete wall
Workers pour concrete as they begin construction of the wall's foundations
The wall will run along the road leading to Calais harbour
Great Wall of Calais... Britain is set to build a 13ft-high wall to stop migrants at the Jungle camp getting into the UK
It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern France.
The £1.9 million concrete barrier first revealed in July will be erected at nearly four metres tall – replacing barbed wire.
It is being built as part of a £17m package of measures.
Road hauliers called the wall a “poor use” of public money – with many calling for funds to be used on soldiers patrolling the area instead.
But Home Secretary Amber Rudd told MPs that while the UK provided money to help secure Calais, it was up to the French to decide which measures to use.
It will stretch for one kilometre along the main motorway to the port in northern France
Ministers have been desperate to start work after an explosion in the number of migrants trying to reach the UK
It comes as residents demand the so-called "Jungle" camp is closed for good
A number of fences are currently in place to protect the port, the Eurotunnel terminal and train tracks on the other side of Calais
Ministers have been desperate to start work after an explosion in the number of migrants trying to reach the UK before the French clear the refugee camp.
Immigration Minister Mr Goodwill recently told the Commons’ Home Affairs Select Committee: "The security that we are putting in at the port is being stepped up with better equipment.
"We are going to start building this big new wall very soon. We’ve done the fence, now we are doing a wall."
Construction of the new wall is due to be completed by the end of the year.
A number of fences are currently in place to protect the port, the Eurotunnel terminal and train tracks on the other side of Calais.
It is not thought the fence will replace any of those measures.
The Home Office said the measure was intended to stop migrant attempts to "disrupt, delay or even attack vehicles approaching the port".
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said this month the Jungle would be closed down "as quickly as possible" but said it would be done in stages - though residents of Calais want a date set for the entire camp to be razed.
Local authorities say the wall is also designed to dissuade people traffickers from operating around the Jungle and it will be made of concrete panels that can be removed when no longer needed.
"This wall is going to prevent migrants from getting on to the road every night. They put tree trunks, branches, gas cylinders" in the road to stop the trucks, Calais port chief executive Jean-Marc Puissesseau said earlier this month.
"We can no longer continue to put up with these repeated assaults," he said.
His comments come as the migrant camp in Calais continues to swell in population despite France's promises to close it down.
Workers dig foundations of a wall along the road leading to the harbour of Calais, northern France
The Great Wall of Calais will stop refugees trying to sneak on to trucks at the port
The Home Office said the measure was intended to stop migrant attempts to "disrupt, delay or even attack vehicles approaching the port"
There are calls from Calais residents to shut down the Jungle camp
It now houses an estimated 10,000 people - mostly migrants from war-torn nations in the Middle East and Africa who are desperate to reach Britain.
Attempts to forcibly board lorries crossing the Channel are turning increasingly violent.
Holidaymakers and truckers have filmed armed gangs using fires and huge branches to halt traffic on motorways near Calais - before storming the vehicles.
A few weeks ago French truckers and farmers staged a blockade of the port city in a bid to disrupt trade vehicles making the Channel crossing.
Refusing to move until the government promised them a date of closure of the Jungle, protesters marched on foot while trucks blocked traffic.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/18179...3ft-concrete-wall-around-calais-migrant-camp/
