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| Calais migrants: UK to create lorry 'secure zone' | Calais migrants: UK to create lorry 'secure zone' |
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| A new "secure zone" will be created at Calais for UK-bound lorries in a bid to tackle the migrant crisis, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. | A new "secure zone" will be created at Calais for UK-bound lorries in a bid to tackle the migrant crisis, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. |
| The area will be able to accommodate 230 vehicles - the equivalent of a two-and-a-half mile queue. | The area will be able to accommodate 230 vehicles - the equivalent of a two-and-a-half mile queue. |
| The home secretary told MPs the purpose of the secure zone was to prevent migrants boarding queuing lorries. | |
| The situation was exacerbated by recent strike action by French ferry workers which caused long queues of vehicles. | |
| Mrs May told the Commons that 8,000 attempts by illegal immigrants to cross the Channel to the UK had been foiled between 21 June and 11 July. | |
| Mrs May said the secure zone should provide protection for lorries and their drivers by "removing them from the open road where they can become targets for migrants". | |
| She said British drivers "work tirelessly" to keep the economy moving, adding: "It is imperative they are allowed to continue their business unimpeded. | |
| "So today I can announce the creation of a new secure zone at the port of Calais for UK-bound lorries. | |
| "This will provide a secure waiting area for 230 vehicles, the equivalent of removing a two-and-a-half mile queue from the approaching road. | |
| "This should transform protection for lorries and their drivers." | |
| Last week a migrant died on a freight shuttle trying to reach Britain. |