Charlie Elphicke, the MP for Dover and Deal, says France and the UK must work together to deal with border security. Elphicke said lorry drivers passing through Calais faced increasing peril from people seeking to get on to their trucks using desperate measures.
“I spoke to lorry drivers who have been attacked with chainsaws, they’ve been petrol bombed, they’ve been attacked with machetes, their lorries have been stopped by trees. It’s a really serious situation,” Elphicke said.
A lorry driver speaking on the BBC’s Today programme said “it’s not like just a couple of lads wondering around, they’re just big gangs and they’ve got everything to get into anywhere. You get people in vans taking them around and dropping them off to get into your lorries.”
If you work as a lorry driver and pass through Calais we’d like to hear from you. What has your experience been like? Do you take new precautions when you travel through the port? Have you experienced difficulties? Or do your journeys through Calais mainly pass without incident?
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