British truck drivers 'stabbed by gangs of migrants' in Calais as crisis escalates
A BRITISH driver has claimed his colleagues have been stabbed by "intimidating" gangs of migrants in Calais.
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GETTY FILE PICTUREDrivers are being stabbed
He said: "Drivers are being stabbed.
"I had a friend who suffered a cracked rib and broken eye socket as a result of being attacked."
Some truckers are taking long detours to cross the Channel to avoid the northern French port town altogether, he said.
He added that many drivers, who are saddled with mortgages and families to look after, feel they have no choice but to carry on despite the risks.
He said: "It's quite intimidating, particularly when you're faced with 10 to 15 of them.
"On Monday, they created their own roadblock, so truckers had to stop, then suddenly they found themselves surrounded by 150 migrants."
Migrant crisis in Europe
Tue, June 16, 2015Hundreds of migrants are continuing to arrive in Europe as they flee the scenes of chaos and brutality of the Islamic State in the Middle East.
A migrant holds a placard
reading 'we are not going back' as he waits near the sea, in the city of
Ventimiglia at the French-Italian border [AFP/Getty Images]
Hordes of migrants are targetting coach parties stocking up on food and alcohol at the town's hypermarkets – and pulling elaborate distraction stunts to smuggle people on board.
Drivers and companies face thousands in fines if the immigrants are later discovered at border controls, even if entry was clearly forced and they had no idea of their presence.
As a result, some firms have ordered coach drivers not to stop in Calais at all, depriving British tourists of the opportunity to pick up last-minute bargains.
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