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| France has outlined its commitment to maintaining law and order after migrants stormed a UK-bound ferry in another bout of chaos in Calais. | France has outlined its commitment to maintaining law and order after migrants stormed a UK-bound ferry in another bout of chaos in Calais. |
| Security forces were drafted in on Saturday after 350 people blocked the port at Calais and some boarded P&O’s Spirit of Britain passenger ship. | |
| Pictures posted on social media showed hundreds of people running towards the port and a water cannon reportedly being fired to get migrants to disembark. | Pictures posted on social media showed hundreds of people running towards the port and a water cannon reportedly being fired to get migrants to disembark. |
| Bernard Cazeneuve, the French interior minister, said 35 people, including 26 migrants and nine activists, were arrested. Fifteen people were taken into custody, he added. | Bernard Cazeneuve, the French interior minister, said 35 people, including 26 migrants and nine activists, were arrested. Fifteen people were taken into custody, he added. |
| Related: Clearing of the Calais 'Jungle' - in pictures | Related: Clearing of the Calais 'Jungle' - in pictures |
| Trouble flared after hundreds of people marched towards the port of Calais from the Jungle, a site where about 4,000 migrants and refugees are camped. | |
| Amid fresh calls for the French military to be deployed in the port city, Cazeneuve said the country’s government was determined to maintain law and order. | Amid fresh calls for the French military to be deployed in the port city, Cazeneuve said the country’s government was determined to maintain law and order. |
| In a statement, he said mobile forces, including riot police and squadrons of gendarmes, supported by territorial units and border police, had been mobilised for several months. | In a statement, he said mobile forces, including riot police and squadrons of gendarmes, supported by territorial units and border police, had been mobilised for several months. |
| He also said significant work had been done around the Channel tunnel and Calais port with the help of the British authorities to prevent disorder. | |
| Humanitarian solutions, including accelerated asylum procedures, had also been implemented and had helped reduce migrant numbers at Calais to 4,000 from 6,000 in recent months, Cazeneuve added. | Humanitarian solutions, including accelerated asylum procedures, had also been implemented and had helped reduce migrant numbers at Calais to 4,000 from 6,000 in recent months, Cazeneuve added. |
| Saturday’s trouble broke out on the same day that Jeremy Corbyn visited the Jungle and the Grande-Synthe refugee camp near Dunkirk. | |
| In ankle-deep mud, the Labour leader toured Grande-Synthe – where approximately 2,500 mainly Kurds are sleeping rough in the cold in flimsy tents – and said the conditions were a disgrace. | |
| Related: Britain ‘poised to open door to thousands of migrant children’ | Related: Britain ‘poised to open door to thousands of migrant children’ |
| Richard Burnett, the Road Haulage Association’s chief executive, said the problems facing British truckers in Calais had become routine as he called for urgent action. | Richard Burnett, the Road Haulage Association’s chief executive, said the problems facing British truckers in Calais had become routine as he called for urgent action. |
| “This shocking breach of security shows that the migrant mayhem in and around Calais is not being tackled,” Burnett said. | |
| “This latest episode has made the headlines, but the many incidents of attacks and intimidation faced by our British drivers on a daily basis are going unreported as they are now regarded as routine. | |
| “It is time for the authorities to meet our demand for the French military [to] be deployed to secure the port and its approaches.” | |
| Burnett said immediate action was necessary, warning that it is “only a matter of time before our worst fears become a reality and a UK-bound truck driver is killed”. | Burnett said immediate action was necessary, warning that it is “only a matter of time before our worst fears become a reality and a UK-bound truck driver is killed”. |
| A statement from Dover port said Calais port reopened more than two hours after experiencing “migrant activity” that disrupted cross-Channel services. | A statement from Dover port said Calais port reopened more than two hours after experiencing “migrant activity” that disrupted cross-Channel services. |