UK to build anti-refugee wall in Calais
Work to begin on ‘big, new wall’ this month, immigration minister said. By <http://www.politico.eu/author/hortense-goulard/> HORTENSE GOULARD Britain will build a 4-meter high, £1.9 million (around €2.3 million) wall to prevent asylum seekers in Calais from entering the U.K., the country’s immigration minister said Wednesday. “People are still getting through,” Robert Goodwill told MPs from the home affairs select committee, the Guardian <https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/06/uk-immigration-minister-confirms-work-will-begin-on-big-new-wall-in-calais> reported. “We have done the fence, now we are doing the wall.” Goodwin said the wall, part of £17-million (approximately €20 million) package of joint U.K.-French security measures, would stretch over 1 kilometer along a road close to the port. The wall will be made of smooth concrete to prevent refugees from climbing it. Truck drivers in France <http://www.politico.eu/article/angry-french-truckers-strike-over-migrant-threat-calais-trade-paris/> protested Monday against attacks from refugees, who have used a range of violent measures in order to board vehicles to hitch a ride to the U.K. EM On the 49th Parallel Thé Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy" Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi "Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika machafuko"
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