Every port in northern France could be fenced off to prevent Europe’s migrant invasion further spilling across the Channel – and British taxpayers will be left to foot the bill.
French police are so bewildered by the human influx that the only answer is to erect permanent concrete and barbed wire partitions to ring fence coastal towns that are seen as launching points for an attempted entry into Britain, according to UKIP MEP Mike Hookem.
Mr Hookem said the entire coastline of Normandy will need to be turned into a “fortress” to defend Britain’s borders as migrant smugglers increasingly target smaller ports with less security.
France has been reticent about shouldering the financial burden of securing its northern ports, with Britain shelling out £7 million towards state-of-the-art fencing around the port of Calais earlier this year and more UK money will be needed to complete the project.
...More than one million migrants have crossed into Europe this year, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) has confirmed, with more expected in 2016.
The IOM says more than 800,000 travelled this way, most of them originating in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
...“The CRS [French riot police] have lost control of it, they’ve lost control of everything.
It’s going to get worse.
How far do we go with the security and with the fencing?
Does it become fortress Europe across all of the coast of northern France?
“Because at all the small ports they are going to have to build the same kind of fencing and security there.
At the back of my mind all the time is the security of British truck drivers who are under massive threat.”
The Yorkshire MEP revealed that he is planning to significantly beef up the security surrounding his next trip to Calais in January, because many migrants are becoming increasingly violent.
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