Typical... The British should have just let the Germans have France in WWII...France is secretly building a new sangatte style camp to help migrants reach britain illegally, it was revealed yesterday.
Authorities in Calais confirmed plans to transform a field close to the ferry terminal in to a permanent facility for the hundreds of asylum skkers who want to cross the Channel every day.
The site is also opposite a truck stop used by hundreds of lorries every day on the way to Briatin and where many more are parked overnight before boarding the ferries to Dover.
Work began weeks ago but council officials kept the project secret for fear of opposition. Spokesman Bernard Baron told the Daily Express: "it is true, we have plans for a new site. The mayor did not want to worry the buissinesses or residents in the area ahead of next month's local elections".
The plans only emerged after an out cry from local business leaders that the new centre would act as a magnate to thousands of migrants - similar to the Red Cross camp at Sangette.
An estimated 67000 immigrants passed through in on their way to Britain before it was shut in 2002. Lastnight Shadow Home Secretary David Davis said: "France ha a duty to offer asylum to genuine refugees and to return those who do not have legitimate claims. It woudl be absolutley wron for France to allow these people to travel to Britain illegally, as these plans appear to do."
Daily Express columnist and former Home Office Minister Ann Witicombe said: "The French are asking for trouble by situating a camp opposite a lorry park. There is no reason for the authorities to provide many kind of facilities because if these people are genuine refugees then they should apply for asylum in France."





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