Saturday 25 July 2015

Not just delays but deaths

A young man and a 23-year-old woman were killed in two separate incidents trying to cross the Channel to England in the last 24 hours, the latest in a long line of migrant deaths.
 
Authorities in Calais met on Friday to determine how to prevent more deaths, as thousands of migrant attempts at crossing the Channel have been registered over the last six weeks. 
 
Regional police chief Fabienne Buccio said that strengthening the 265-strong team of police officers wasn't the solution.  
 
"There is already a considerable police force on the scene and Pas-de-Calais is one of the most heavily policed areas in France," she toldthe La Voix du Nord newspaper after the meeting.