News / RHA and FTA demand action as attacks by migrants on truckers increase

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Both the Road Haulage Association (RHA) and Freight Transport Association (FTA) have urged the UK and France to act following an increase in attacks on drivers in Calais.

Drivers reported bins filled with bricks placed at entry points to the port on the night of 21 May, with migrants attempting to board lorries. According to the FTA, one driver, a Czech national, was hospitalised with a broken nose during the night.

Head of European policy at the FTA Pauline Bastidon told The Loadstar this was not ...