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CALAIS TROUBLES * UK / France: "Truck drivers should change their jobs"
* England - British charity condemned for saying truck drivers who complain about refugees attacking their vehicles should 'change their jobs'
(Video from tilestove, by Á.L. Jeddi - Published on Nov 26, 2015)
-- "Care4Calais" founder Clare Moseley has sparked outrage among truckers. She said truckers facing intimidation in Calais should find a new job. The charity worker also said it wasn't 'the end of the world' for lorry drivers... Haulage chiefs have labelled her comments 'outrageous' and 'naive'. Richard Burnett, from the RHA, called for the camp at Calais to be moved... Care4Calais later apologised for the comments, saying it supported RHA members' right to continue driving through Calais port. 'We apologise to anyone offended by comments taken from the BBC Inside Out interview... Last month transport bosses warned drivers were facing unprecedented levels of aggression and attacks involving knives, hammers, iron bars, baseball bats and even guns. Migrants are dropping lumps of concrete from motorway bridges or threatening injury unless drivers let them inside their cabs in a desperate bid to reach Britain... Bosses say the problem is far worse in the run-up as firms transport more goods across the Channel...
London, EN, UK - MAILONLINE, by COREY CHARLTON - 14 January 2016
Labels: border troubles, truckers complaints, trucking industry news UK
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