howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Dover/Calais is the most cost effective route for the vast majority of cargo, frequency of sailings, crossing times and the general efficiency of both ports. It would put prices of goods in the shops up both here and the rest of Europe if we used the Belgian Ports.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Our EU colleagues in Bulgaria have their own unofficial methods of dealing with the would be migrants.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35919068Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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Because of the nature of the load I was carrying I twice used Zeebrugge last week and didn't see any sign of potential illegal immigrants. This I believe is because those that facilitate the illigality know that
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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very few of the trucks are accompanied ie have a driver and unit with them. The trailers can sometime be in it's receiving port for a few days before being collected.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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I should have also pointed out that it is a 10 hour crossing ZB to Purfleet so is mainly used for unaccompanied or specific loads.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Security at the entrance to the port must be very stringent as once inside people have a choice of unattended trailers to break into.
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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Not really but there are dozens of berths at ZB spread over many many kilometres and it is a nightmare to find those dedicated for the UK.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The forgotten people whose lives have been disrupted and being unable to sell their homes or businesses.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/20/calais-and-the-shantytown-on-its-doorstephoward mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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doh,another heart string story from a lefty paper.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Amazing how these young lads manage to cross all those many borders to get to Calais only to become hopeless young "children" in the camp. In their own country they would most likely be holding guns and fighting quite happily along side of the adults.
It annoys me how the media portray these boys as innocent little children.
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Paul M- Registered: 1 Feb 2016
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Do you really believe that child soldiers have voluntarily chosen to be in that position and are 'happy' with their lot in life? Regardless of anyone's views on immigration it's difficult for a parent to ignore the plight of these very young children.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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then they should better care of them in the first place and not send them thousands of miles on there own.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Paul, I think you have missed the point of my comment.
In this country we might think of them as young children but in their country of origin they are treated and behave as adults at that age.
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Paul M- Registered: 1 Feb 2016
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Yes, I agree about the sixteen and seventeen year olds but there are some kids there no more than ten or eleven. It would take a heartless person to not feel for them?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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As i have posted before I think the ones who have relatives here should be reunited but have strong doubts about others. Ones that have been allowed in tend to disappear instead of staying at an appointed hostel. Councils do not have sufficient resources to keep control leaving criminal gangs free to exploit them.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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The next problem will be getting local authorities to take them, none so far in Dave's constituency.
http://news.sky.com/story/1690031/pm-climbdown-on-syria-child-refugeesBrian Dixon- Location: Dover
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I am sure he has enough room on his country pile to put a tented village in the grounds for 3000.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
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simple answer,photograf,fingerprint.and then shipprd to country of entry to register and apply for asylum.