Lorry drivers are being ordered to avoid Calais because of confrontations with knife-wielding illegal immigrants who are trying to get to Britain. Cross-Channel haulage firms are advising drivers to use other ports – including Cherbourg, Boulogne and Dunkirk – to transport goods to the UK to prevent migrants clambering into their vehicles. Up to 2,000 foreigners – mainly Africans and Asians – have massed at Calais in a desperate bid to reach our shores where they will be able to claim benefits if they fail to find jobs. Scroll down for video Caught out: 16 immigrants were found in a tanker that was filling up at a Calais petrol station on Saturday
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Up to 2,000 foreigners have massed at port in bid to reach the UK
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Angry truckers have told of desperate migrants threatening them
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Theresa May held high-level talks with Calais in a bid to tackle crisis
A member of staff at a truck stop in Calais, close to the migrants’ camp, said: ‘It’s no wonder that drivers are now avoiding @placeholder if they can.