More than 20 migrants have been arrested in France overnight after hundreds of angry protestors stormed the deck of a P&O Ferry on the Port of Calais.
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Thousands of refugees are now living in camps known as “the Jungle” on the edge of Calais.
A group of about 50 people successfully boarded a UK-bound passenger ferry named The Spirit of Britain. “The removal operation is now over”.
The Port of Dover remains open for business, but the duration of this disruption to services remains unknown. About 80 police from the CRS riot squad installed another gangway and then boarded the vessel.
A further 11 people believed to be from the No Borders activist group were also detained after being found on the ship. Cross-Channel ferry traffic resumed at around 8.30 pm (1930 GMT).
In the video, migrants were seen jumping over a broken fence and entering the French port as more migrants gathered around them.
The incident happened during a protest at the port in favour of migrants. “It demands action by France and Britain”.
“We are here in solidarity and to denounce the inaction of the French state, which does not have the will to ensure a better life for the refugees”, said Rino, a 22-year-old student from Italy who had come to Calais by bus.
This sounds much like American law, which places a premium on importing relatives of immigrants who are already here.
The incident followed a demonstration in the port in support of refugees. “Their presence will make things move, and put pressure on the European Union to make things change here in Calais”, he added.
Mr Corbyn made his comments as he visited Dunkirk on his first foreign visit as Labour leader.
Surrounded by migrants and refugees, he said: “What I’m trying to achieve here is to understand the nature of the refugee crisis that’s facing the whole of Europe”.
“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, depressingly, they are now being regarded as routine”, said an observer.
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Mr Corbyn did not address those remarks but said: “The plight of refugees in Calais and Dunkirk, destitute and forced to live in inhuman conditions, is an affront to our common humanity”.
