Migrant gangs in Calais are targetting British holidaymakers in terrifying "highway robberies". Would-be illegal immigrants are forming human roadblocks to force motorists passing through the French town on their way to the ferry terminal to stop. Travellers are then robbed at knifepoint by the migrants who are desperate for funds to help them sneak into the UK.
Last night police in Calais warned motorists to keep their windows closed and doors locked until they are safely inside the ferry terminal. Officers said they have received several reports from holidaymakers of having to 'run a gauntlet' of migrants between the town and the ferry port.
The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, said the lure of the UK's enormous state handouts to asylum seekers was the reason why thousands of foreigners are using the French port as a staging point to get across the channel.
I wonder if Madame Bouchart knows about the latest handout for illegal immigrants. I feel a similar sense of anger to this excellent blogger. No wonder the thousands at Calais are more determined than ever to get here.
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Remind me as to why we pay the government billions of our hard-earned tax £s?
We don't want mega social programs. We do want protection of our freedoms and protection from outside attacks.
This government has failed to deliver on all counts.
when they are all grouped together its the ideal time to shoot them all down...
Mind!the french are funneling them towards the channel ports and the U.K and hence into Scotland,
where the snp Government welcomes them with open arms.
Carefull now Subrosa, you'll be getting called bad names again by the Righteous Brigade who visited you the other day.
I get angry about the whole thing too.
You mean I'll have to defend being sexist all over again Rab? Auch I shall brace myself ...
Yoohoo Niko. It grieves me that it's our oil money Thatcher used to build the damn tunnel. Time Scottish politicians started training for our border controllers. We certainly will need a better standard that the UK has. Mind you anything would be better than that wouldn't it.
Oh Rab, one of my online pals considers some people just get their kicks from attacking pensioners. What do you think? There may be something in that.
Hi Fausty, I think all of the UK is with you on that - except labour voters of course.
It's impressive to see them actually robbing us as opposed to the more subtle vote bribes labour shovel their way. All that missing money the Audit Office can't find must have gone somewhere.
Righteous Brigade alert:
your first link is to a post which uses the terms "barbarians" and "Roma accordion players", neither in an obviously ironic fashion.
Not reasoned, not intelligent, not very pleasant at all. of course immigration needs to be controlled (upwards in the case of Scotland) but alarmist and offensive language should have no place in the debate.
The UK is rich enough and should be civilised enough to provide healthcare to a tiny number of people who fall ill until they are well enough to be repatriated. The only alternative i can imagine is that we let such people suffer and possibly die. What's going on in the minds of people who could contemplate that?
If thousands of laptops are allowed to be removed from premises every year, plus of course other equipment, is it any wonder the books don't balance OR.
Welcome Naldo, I make no apology for the link but I'm sure you're aware I personally do not use such language in my posts.
The reason I linked to these two particular blogs was to show how angry people feel. If you're going to show this then you have to accept the language of the writer.
I see you think we should accommodate all illegals because we're a 'rich' country. Why is it that these people want to come to the UK and nowhere else? What's wrong with all the countries they've drifted through?
The answer I hear repeatedly is : England, work, house, benefits. Do you honestly believe that these people will be repatriated. Oh I wish I could put links on here because you're quite uninformed about that. I may do a post just for you later on the subject.
What about the maimings and deaths in Afghanistan? Those which are pointless because we shouldn't be there in the first place.
Ask anyone who knows about protecting your own and they'll tell you that's why so many sacrificed their lives in WW2 - the last war when evil had to be overcome.
I know what you mean Naldo.
Mr Mad as a hatter suggests that 'when they are all grouped together its the ideal time to shoot them all down...' and no-one turns a hair.
If someone suggested another form of 'final solution' I bet no-one would turn a hair at that either.
Subrosa, I do not believe that illegal immigrants should be accommodated but if they are ill, the should be treated to the best of the NHS's abilities. That's just common humanity.
Show me the facts to disprove me but I do not believe the UK is the most highly prized destination for immigrants. I believe that this is a myth, mainly, though not exclusively propogated by small minded right wing people with an anti-foreigner agenda.
I do not characterise you as one of these small minded etc. types but i do accuse the bloggers you linked to as such. I've had a peek at some of their other posts and they're genuinely scary.
Why did you mention Afghanistan? I fail to see any link whatsoever between what may or may not be going on in Calais with what's going on in Kandahar.
Those who fought in the second world war did so because they opposed nazism and fascism. These are precisely the evils which many who make a big issue of immigration seek to revive now.
Indy, i think Mr Mad....was having a laugh. I certainly hope so. Maybe he'll tell us.
The French government should be held responcible and billed for the the cost of care for these folks while they await deportation back to France.
Scunnert, what's it got to do with France apart from the fact that it's far easier to sign on there than it is in Scotland (and presumably the rest of the UK)?
Excellent News
I'm driving through Calais at the weekend. Time to get the snow chains with spikes out.
"Stand just there a moment" in Kurdish:
ايست ،وقفه ،تعطيل ،بدون حرکت ،ثابت
Naldo, I do think your time would be better spent harrassing MPs about the amount of money in aid which goes from the UK to countries of these illegals.
You're desperately trying to paint me as some hard hearted bitch who would turn away someone ill. Maybe I am, because let me tell you, if it was a toss up between one of our troops receiving treatment and an illegal, the soldier would win EVERY time.
I mentioned Afghanistan because you don't seem to see the world outside of the UK. It's not in your back yard so it doesn't matter and I doubt if you can bring righteousness to the Afghan war because there is none.
No naldo, we're not fighting nazism and fascism in the UK, that's nonsense. In fact we're allowing a government to curtail our freedoms day by day.
What we're permitting is for anyone from anywhere to come here and be kept on my hard earned tax. I object. I've worked far too hard all my life for my money to be given to anyone other than my own. Charity begins at home for me these days.
Billions of British taxpayers money has gone in grant aid to other countries and they have nothing to show for it. The desperately needy are still desperately needy, some people decide they'd like to help and go to these countries, only to feel absolutely gutted with the regimes/governments and come home feeling destroyed. A few return but realise their efforts are wasted through lack of support from the local politicians.
Jeez Naldo, these people don't 'sign on' in France. The French don't want them and they certainly don't allow them to sign on, but set up illicit soup kitchens to ensure they have enough energy to get to England.
Where have you been for the past few years? Stuck in some strange social sciences course?
Good luck OH, drive safely now. We don't want to hear of you behind bars in France.
Subrosa,
It will come as no shock to you to know that I have been behind French bars AND German bars.
Both times for murder.
Never charged on either, because I didn't do it.
Mind you, I was once arrested in Cueta, Morroco for drug smuggling when I was 18. A long story. The Spanish put you in prison for 6 years and 1 day upon conviction.
Happy days
Hey come on, i would never accuse you of being a hard hearted bitch. You know fine that there's no toss up between treating a member of the armed forces or treating an illegal immigrant. That dilemma does not exist.
Bit concerned that you want to abolish overseas aid though. Had you down as a Make Poverty History type. But sorry for that (genuinely), i should have realised you're not one of any type.
My view is that the UK and most other European countries still owe a huge debt to the countries of their former empires. European avarice did so much to trash those countries and when we cut and run (as we always do) we facilitated the establishment of some of the most vile and corrupt regimes in the world. Aid should be better managed though and the sharp end of that is precisely where the UN's armed forces should be deployed.
And i've not been studying social science (wish i had as i might know a few more facts). I'm not at all convinced that the UK is a softer touch than anywhere else in Europe. Is there any evidence for this?
And i know from bitter recent experience that signing on is not easy in this country, even for those of us who've paid tax and NIC for 25 years. Maybe if i had a job i'd be less of a pain in your blog.
Indeed it's no surprise to me OH, every good person should enjoy the hospitality of a foreign nation at least once. You've managed it a few times and deserve credit for your courage.
I won't bore you with my experience of a German police station for hours on end on suspicion of spying. It's far too tame in comparison. Oh happy days right enough. They are what make older age more fun.
Naldo you can call me what you will, I only suggested you may like to call me that.
Why doesn't that dilemma exist? We no longer have military hospitals to treat our wounded. They were closed because some individuals thought they would never be wars again. Now we're faced with maimed miltary having to fight for spaces in NHS hospitals along with civilians. Most people will say that's fair. I disagree because I've seen the hellish injuries that can be inflicted upon these people.
Make Poverty History Naldo? Oh how I wish, mind you when I was younger I thought that would be possible from a reasonably wealthy west. No longer. We give money in aid as bribes for all sorts of reasons but none of the money gets near the poor desperate souls who need it.
We still bank roll some of the worst regimes in the world. It won't change. That's all part of the New World Order or Global Order as Gordon Brown now calls it.
We are a softer touch with regard to benefits than any other European country Naldo. If we weren't, do you honestly think these illegals would be so desperate to come here? They know the softest touch. There's a site which details the benefits available in each European country but can't remember the name. It's quite interesting. We're No 1 of course.
I sympathise with anyone who is without worth in today's world. I also sympathise with you about signing on. Of course, if you were foreign you'd have no trouble signing anything as you'd have your social worker and interpreter to do it for you. Isn't that a bad balance?
You're not a pain. If you live anywhere near Ayrshire and could get there, it may interest you to visit the place Last of the Few spoke about or Erskine hospital. It may give you a bit more information about the military.
Don't worry about studying a social sciences course. I did a few years of that in another life and everything I believed in has been blown to smithereens. The people are not in control here, it's madmen like Gordon Brown and his incompetent cohorts.
Oh dear. It looks like Scottish Unionist was right.
You are undoubtably a racist Subrosa.
Someone suggests shooting asylum seekers - you say nothing.
Someone else suggests driving over them with snow chains with spikes out - you say good luck.
You may pose as a nice old dear but I am afraid you are actually rather a nasty piece of work.
I certainly won't be visiting this blog again and I would advise all SNP bloggers to remove all links to you. You give us a bad name.
Indy,
Help yourself to a full refund on the way out
Turdburgler
Good grief, what po-faced and 'holier than thou' indignation over a couple of tongue in cheeks remarks by Niko and Old Holborn and your failure to chastise them.
Are these individuals seriously suggesting that all individuals, irrespective of circumstance or inclination, should be greeted with open arms? Therein, I would suggest, lies an invitation to chaos.
In my opinion, there should be a fair but strict criteria for all immigrants. If they are refused entry on the grounds of unfair discrimination then, and only then, should that policy be criticised.
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