Britain has increased the number of maritime patrols, and beefed up security at French ports to counter the risk of illegal immigrants making it across the Channel. The French town of Calais is home to thousands of African immigrants desperately waiting to come to the UK.
There are fears that some of those waiting may have come from countries in West Africa that are now rife with Ebola. As previously reported on Breitbart London a makeshift isolation unit has been built at Calais Hospital to deal with any cases that arise.
Authorities in Calais have become frustrated with the situation, which has seen them inundated with illegal immigrants. Many of them live at the 1200-strong Jungle 2 camp, where appalling conditions have led to serious outbreaks of disease. The illegals are able to get to France because of the EU’s policy of having no security on borders between most of their countries. This means that Africans landing in Italy can easily make it all the way to Calais, but they cannot make it any further as the UK does not sign up to the open border policy.
The additional security has been ordered after the Deputy Mayor of Calais suggested putting all the immigrants on a ferry to the UK. Whilst the suggestion is not believed to have been a serious suggestion it has left British authorities jittery as it demonstrates just how desperate the problem has become.
Read More UK Border Force’s New English Channel Patrols After Ebola Immigrant Threat.
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