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Riot police descend on Calais as anarchists incite migrants to 'tear down border controls and make for Britain'

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By Peter Allen 16th June 2009

 
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Riot police have begun to arrive in Calais as an anarchist groud make  for Britain'.
 
ore than 2,000 protesters are expected in the port next week for seven   
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headed for Britain: Thousands of migrants live rough in Calais


The French arm of a group calling itself No Borders is advertising a  'Freedom of Movement' camp in the port. Calais the
jungle before  attempting to cross the Channel  It is calling on protesters from  Britain and other European countries to join them in ‘tearing down  

borders.’

We intend to encourage  
migrants to ignore border control
One anarchist, known only as Thierry, said: 'Calais is a symbol of  
injustices committed against the world's migrants.  
seriously s and get over to Britain en masse.'
'The authorities are taking us very
  
e're prepared for the worst,' said Jean-Philippe Joubert, a state  prosecutor from nearby Boulogne. 'Emergency magistrates will be   
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ever happens, we are ready to react.'
 
ome 2,000 migrants are based mobilised to ensure that anyone causing trouble will be imprisoned 

immediately.
 
We don't know exactly what this group intend to do, but we won't take  any chances. 
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hat in the Calais area, with many playing a  regular game of cat and mouse with the police as they try to get to 
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ritain by stowing away on lorries and trains. There they will claim  asylum or disappear into the black economy. 
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asylum system and benefits culture had ‘imposed’ thousands of illegal  
migrants
Although the French have pledged to tear down migrants camps in Calais  itself, many believe Britain should accept all the migrants who want to   go there.  Last month Natacha Bouchart, the mayor of Calais, said the UK’s lax     In a blistering attack in which she also called for millions in   compensation, Mrs Bouchart said the UK was entirely to blame for the   those who use the port as a staging point.  Mrs Bouchart, a member of President Nicolas Sarkozy’s ruling UMP Party,   
 police spokesman added: 'Extra officers are being drafted into  
Calai
even called for border controls to be lifted to allow all migrants to   flood across the Channel at the earliest opportunity.  Such views are heartily supported by the militants organizing the ‘No   Border’ demonstrations, which are set to run between June 23 and 29.  A Calais from a 100-mile radius in order to deal with a threat to public   order posed by protesters.'  ‘The reinforcements have already arrived, with the demonstrations due   

to start properly next week.’