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Calais Mayor Calling for Emergency Summit Over Migration Crisis

© Michel SpinglerA seagull flies past he car ferry terminal in Calais, northern France, Monday, June 29, 2015.
A seagull flies past he car ferry terminal in Calais, northern France, Monday, June 29, 2015. - Sputnik International
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Natacha Bouchart, the mayor of the French city of Calais, has called for a summit on the ongoing migrant crisis in the port.

Striking ferry workers burn tyres as they block a ramp leading into the Eurotunnel before being dispersed by riot police in Calais, northern France, Tuesday, June 23, 2015 - Sputnik International
Eurotunnel Services Disrupted as Migrant Crisis Continues in French Calais
MOSCOW (Sputnik) According to the ITV channel, Natacha Bouchart, the mayor of the French city of Calais, told Radio France that officials from France, Britain, Eurotunnel, the ports, and the municipality of Calais must convene to discuss the situation.

"Global hypocrisy" is preventing the problems from being solved, according to Bouchart.

Over 3,500 attempts were made by migrants trying to cross over from Calais into the United Kingdom on Monday and Tuesday nights.

The UK Home Office has announced plans to provide $10.9 million to strengthen Channel Tunnel security. UK Home Secretary Theresa May is chairing an emergency meeting on the issue later in the day.

France will send an extra 120 police to secure the port of Calais after thousands of migrants stormed the entrance to the Eurotunnel to reach the United Kingdom this week, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve announced Wednesday.

A EuroTunnel train coming out of the Channel Tunnel, owned by EuroTunnel, on in Coquelles, northern France. - Sputnik International
UK to Hold Cobra Emergency Meeting on Calais Migrant Crisis Wednesday

Some 1,500 migrants Tuesday night stormed the Channel Tunnel in Calais trying to reach the United Kingdom. According to media reports, a Sudanese man was killed after being crushed by a lorry. About 2,000 migrants attempted to gain access to the tunnel the night before.

"I want to indicate that two units, 120 officials, will be temporarily assigned to Calais to help securing the site," Cazeneuve said in a televised statement.

Cazeneuve also called on the Eurotunnel to "equally take its responsibilities" for securing the site.

UK Home Secretary Theresa May will chair a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee on Wednesday following the events at Calais.

Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart called on the officials of Britain, France, Calais, ports and the Eurotunnel to hold a summit regarding the issue.

According to the French Interior Ministry, as many as 3,000 migrants are currently in Calais camps.

Calais saw several traffic disruptions earlier in July due to a strike by French ferry workers and repeated attempts by undocumented immigrants housed at refugee camps near the port climbing into cargo trucks to cross into the United Kingdom.

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