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Aug 5, 2015

DANGEROUS BORDER * France / UK - Calais crisis: 12 migrants were discovered in the back of one truck

* England - A delivery company boss has been fined £8,400 after migrants sneak on to lorry in Calais

. (Video by fanto9000: Agressive immigrants to the city of Calais. Fear on the road - Jun 15, 2015) 
-- Ross Mackenzie, owner of Courier Force, said firm's like his need more guidance. He said his driver – an ex-Royal Navy marksman – was so shocked by to find the migrants on board that he "nearly collapsed"... The driver was handed a separate £7,000 fine. Mr Mackenzie contested both fines and they have now been reduced to a combined total of £6,000... But he says there should be more guidance and support for courier companies like his and are being penalised for the migrant crisis in Calais... This is a situation where whatever measures you take it doesn't prevent the sort of things we are seeing on the television, said Mackenzie, "If people are determined and desperate enough, whatever measures you take will not prevent some of what is happening" ... Mr Mackenzie, from Plymouth, said his driver deliberately stopped an hour away from Calais to refuel so as to avoid the risk of migrants sneaking on board the truck... He was away from his vehicle for no more than 15 minutes, and when he returned he checked the truck to make sure it was still secure... However when he arrived at the ferry port in Calais, Border Force workers with sniffer dogs discovered 12 migrants in the back of the truck. Mr Mackenzie, 39, said: "My driver was so shocked he nearly collapsed"... Mr Mackenzie believes that the migrants managed to get into the truck through its side curtains, and is training drivers to be more vigilant in their security checks... 
 Calais, France - Express (UK), by GEOFF MAYNARD - Aug 4, 2015


* UK - Truckers need border protection not fines


-- Britain's Road Haulage Association (RHA) has urged trucking companies operating between the port of Dover and France to obtain UK Border Force (UKBF) accreditation to avoid fines of £2,000 per illegal migrant found in their trailers... The RHA was reacting to news that penalties imposed on truck drivers and their companies have tripled in the past three years from nearly 1,000 to over 3,300 in 2014/2015... The UKBF code of practice requires trucking companies to train their drivers, provide basic protection for vehicles and carry out checks... The RHA added it "very rarely receives complaints from members relating specifically to the UKBF code of practice"... RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said it is impossible for drivers to prevent 5,000 determined migrants getting into their trucks whether they are following the UKBF code of practice or not... Meanwhile the trade association that represents companies responsible for handling much of the UK's visible trade has given a cautious welcome to the proposed use of Manston Airport in Kent as a truck park as an alternative to the M20 highway...
Photo: Port of Dover)  --  London,EN, UK - Freight Week - 5 Aug 2015

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