Five years ago, the Red Cross camp of Sangatte in northern France, derided by Britain as a magnet for illegal immigration, was closed. This did little to deter those who follow the migration routes from Asia or the Horn of Africa in hope of a better future in Britain, drawn by the English language, the lack of national identity cards and the possibility of illegal work.
In the first year after it closed, there were 120 to 150 migrants in Calais at any one time, now it is estimated that there are 400 migrants at any one time.
A spokesman for the charity umbrella group C'Sur, estimates that about...