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| Services from Port of Calais have been disrupted after 50 migrants got on to ship, the city's mayor Natacha Bouchart has said. | |
| It is understood that about 50 migrants in Calais boarded a P&O ferry named the Spirit of Britain while it was unloading. | |
| Ferry company DFDS Seaways tweeted that the port had been closed due to a "migrant invasion". | |
| Police have been called and are at the scene. | |
| P&O Ferries described it as a "security incident" and said passengers could expect to a delay of between 90 and 120 minutes. | |
| The incident followed a demonstration in favour of migrants, which according to AP news agency, attracted a crowd of 2,000 people. | |
| Some of the protesters at the demonstration carried banners saying "refugees welcome here". | |
| Thousands of migrants are currently living in camps known as "the Jungle" on the edge of Calais, | |
| In August last year, the UK and France signed an agreement on new measures to try and alleviate the crisis, including a new command centre to help tackle the trafficking gangs. | |
| Meanwhile, Jeremy Corbyn has visited a migrant camp in northern France and spoken of the "dreadful conditions" there. | |
| The Labour leader said conditions in the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk would be a "disgrace anywhere", and Britain should be "part of bringing European support to people". | |
| The situation in Calais is part of a wider migration crisis in Europe - caused largely by people fleeing war and oppression in countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea. |