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UK's Cameron to Hold Emergency Meeting on Calais Migrant Crisis Friday

© AFP 2023 / PHILIPPE HUGUEN Migrants stand next to tents in the "New Jungle" in Calais on June 17, 2015 near the ferry port of Calais, northern France
Migrants stand next to tents in the New Jungle in Calais on June 17, 2015 near the ferry port of Calais, northern France - Sputnik International
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British Prime Minister David Cameron will hold an emergency meeting of UK's Cobra crisis response committee on the Calais migrant issue on Friday, local media reported.

French gendarmes block migrants along a road to prevent them access to train tracks which lead to the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais, France - Sputnik International
French Police Stop Around 300 Migrants in Calais Tunnel Overnight
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — On Thursday night, French police blocked several hundred undocumented migrants from crossing the Channel Tunnel into the United Kingdom. Thousands of attempts on the transit point have been made in the past weeks.

Cameron is expected to urge ministers and officials to quickly ameliorate the crisis at the Calais port, the closest French geographic point to the United Kingdom, the Daily Express newspaper reported.

Earlier, Cameron stated that a "swarm" of migrants attempting to enter the United Kingdom were responsible for the chaos at Calais. He threatened to deport more people from Britain.

The Channel Tunnel is a 31.4-mile rail tunnel between Folkestone, Kent, in the United Kingdom and Coquelles, near Calais, in northern France. According to the French Interior Ministry, Calais is currently home to some 3,000 migrants, mainly from North African countries, living out of doors in squalid tent camps near the transit zone.

On Tuesday, the UK Home Office announced it would allocate some $10.9 million to strengthen Channel Tunnel security and end the migrant crisis in Calais. British authorities have confirmed plans to build a new 1.2-mile fence around the Eurotunnel area near the French port.

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