Calais Last Call: Protesters Warn ‘The Situation is Really Explosive’
SputnikNews.com
06.09.2016
On France’s A16 motorway, traffic is blocked between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Dunkerque. Hundreds of truckers and farmers, as well as dock workers, hunters and residents of Calais held a “snail” operation to draw attention to the problem of the deteriorating economic and security situation in the region.
The situation is “really explosive,” especially near the road that runs around the city, at the entrance to the Channel Tunnel, in the port area and near the refugee camp called the “Jungle,” where the number of inhabitants reached record numbers. Sputnik spoke to the organizers and participants of the demonstration.
“A minister announced plans to demolish the ‘Jungle.’ What we require is mainly to ensure the safety of our drivers, our cars and our cargo on the circular road and the A16 motorway between the port and the tunnel,” said Sébastien Rivéra, the General Secretary of the National Federation of Road Transport (Fédération nationale des transports routiers, FNDR) in the department of Pas-de-Calais.
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