Demands to demolish Jungle Camp rise in Calais

French shopkeepers, police, unionists and farmers are set to join hauliers in calling for the northern section of the camp at Calais to be demolished.

Lorry drivers planning a protest about the migrant crisis around the French port town today are “in it for the long haul” and will stand their ground until they see action to dismantle the Jungle camp, a trade association has warned.

Theprotestislikelytodisrupt British cross-channel travellers.

Pressure has been growing on the French authorities to tackle the problem, which has seen the camp swell in size in recent months, and talks took place between protest organisers and French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Friday

Up to 9,000 migrants from countries including Sudan, Syria and Eritrea are living there in squalor.