News / New reception centres 'a sticking plaster' on the migrant problem, says RHA

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Forwarders are bracing themselves for increased difficulties and delays on cross-Channel road freight shipments following the French government decision to open two new migrant centres just outside Calais.

Last week, a French court, the Conseil d’Etat, deemed the government’s treatment of migrants unlawful and demanded action to improve conditions in the area.

“The Conseil d’Etat considers these living conditions reveal a failure by the public authorities that has exposed these people to inhuman or degrading treatment,” it said. “These shortcomings are a serious and unlawful infringement ...