Up to 100 Britons reportedly jailed in France for attempted people smuggling /Travel chaos as Channel tunnel shuts amid French ferry workers strike

Julie Colaert, the deputy public prosecutor for the French port town of Calais, told the BBC on the 22 June 2015 that smuggling gangs were increasingly recruiting British car and van drivers to take migrants to Britain.

Other features discuss the issue of migrants who had arrived at Calais seeking to get to the United Kingdom through a series of increasingly desperate ways.

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BBC News, 23.06.15: Calais migrants seek to exploit port strike http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33240475

Deutsche Welle, 23.06.15: Calais sailors' strike shuts Eurotunnel http://dw.com/p/1FmMD

ESO: Background information: Calais migrants ‘willing to die’ to come to Britain, says French port’s mayor http://www.europeansources.info/record/calais-migrants-willing-to-die-to-come-to-britain-says-french-ports-mayor/

The Guardian 23.06.15: Travel chaos as Channel tunnel shuts amid French ferry workers strike http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jun/23/travel-chaos-as-channel-tunnel-shuts-and-french-ferry-services-are-cancelled

France24, 23.06.15: Protesting sailors halt travel at Channel Tunnel, Calais port http://www.france24.com/en/20150623-france-channel-tunnel-calais-protesting-sailors-block-roads

The Local.fr, 23.06.15: French protests cause Channel travel chaos http://www.thelocal.fr/20150623/protestors-close-calais-port-and-channel-tunnel

Deutsche Welle, 04.07.15: Migrants disrupt Eurotunnel traffic between France, UK http://dw.com/p/1Fsjk

BBC News, 04.07.15: Dozens of Calais migrants try to storm Channel Tunnel http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-33393593

EurActiv, 22.07.15: British truckers sold CO2 monitors to detect migrants http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/british-truckers-sold-co2-monitors-detect-migrants-316487

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