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| Welsh firm ends overseas haulage after Calais attacks | Welsh firm ends overseas haulage after Calais attacks |
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| A haulage company owner from Pembrokeshire has said he is "angry and frustrated" after stopping operations overseas due to attacks on his vehicles crossing the Channel. | A haulage company owner from Pembrokeshire has said he is "angry and frustrated" after stopping operations overseas due to attacks on his vehicles crossing the Channel. |
| Peter Harding said migrants recently broke into a container box with pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, leaving the load condemned. | Peter Harding said migrants recently broke into a container box with pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, leaving the load condemned. |
| Thousands of migrants are attempting to reach the UK by crossing the Channel. | |
| He told BBC Radio Wales: "There has to be an end to this. | He told BBC Radio Wales: "There has to be an end to this. |
| "I am very angry and frustrated. It's gone on too long. It should be sorted." | "I am very angry and frustrated. It's gone on too long. It should be sorted." |
| He added: "People don't realise you get migrants on there and they are urinating on pallets of goods and food supplies. | He added: "People don't realise you get migrants on there and they are urinating on pallets of goods and food supplies. |
| "It's about time these governments sorted it out. There'll be anarchy in the shops. | "It's about time these governments sorted it out. There'll be anarchy in the shops. |
| "We've put up with this for the last nine years; recently, over the last six months, it has got a lot worse. | "We've put up with this for the last nine years; recently, over the last six months, it has got a lot worse. |
| "Everybody's losing money, nobody's making any money. You might as well just stop." | "Everybody's losing money, nobody's making any money. You might as well just stop." |
| 'The Jungle' | |
| The last official estimates suggest there are about 3,000 migrants in Calais hoping to cross the Channel to start a new life in the UK. | |
| The migrants are from countries including Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Eritrea, Pakistan and Iran. | |
| They are living in a makeshift camp known as "The Jungle". | |
| More than 3,500 attempts have been made this week to get into the tunnel. | |
| It is not known how many migrants have reached Britain in recent months via the tunnel although MP Keith Vaz said police had told him 148 were held in Folkestone on Tuesday after about 2,000 migrants breached security in Calais. | |
| Why is there a crisis in Calais? | Why is there a crisis in Calais? |