"It is now time for the authorities to acknowledge and meet our demand for the French military to be deployed to secure the port and its approaches," Richard Burnett said, as quoted by the BBC.
He added that the time for discussion was over and called for actions in order to cope with the growing violence against drivers, who cross the Channel Tunnel, the terminal of which is also located in Calais.
Thousands of undocumented migrants have been camping out rough for months on the outskirts of Calais. They seek to enter the United Kingdom either by sea or through the Channel Tunnel.
Europe is currently struggling to cope with a massive refugee influx, with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing conflict-torn countries of the Middle East and North Africa in search of asylum in wealthy European states, such as the United Kingdom.
