News / Crisis at Calais: hauliers fear new blockade will bring more attacks on truckers

Cross-Channel operations between Dover and Calais were set to descend into chaos today as French truck drivers and farmers created a blockade on the main A16 access road to the French port.

The hauliers and farmers are protesting against the French government’s inability to close the notorious “Jungle” – a makeshift camp thought to house around 10,000 refugees and migrants trying to reach the UK – despite government assurances it would be closed by the end of October.

As, in response to the blockade, Calais officials created a ...