French police have arrested 44 migrants who had climbed aboard a ferry while it was docked at the port of Calais in the night of Saturday to Sunday, a Pas-de-Calais prefecture official told Reuters.

The migrants entered the highly protected port area on Saturday night and used ladders to climb aboard a ferry that had arrived from Dover in Britain.

The migrants are being held at the Calais police headquarters while police officials continued searching the ship on Sunday morning.

The prefecture and humanitarian organisations estimate that several hundreds of migrants are living in the Calais area, all hoping to find a way to get to Britain.

French police have arrested 44 migrants who had climbed aboard a ferry while it was docked at the port of Calais in the night of Saturday to Sunday, a Pas-de-Calais prefecture official told Reuters.

French police have arrested 44 migrants who had climbed aboard a ferry while it was docked at the port of Calais in the night of Saturday to Sunday, a Pas-de-Calais prefecture official told Reuters. The migrants entered the highly protected port area on Saturday night and used ladders to climb aboard a ferry that had arrived from Dover in Britain. The migrants are being held at the Calais police headquarters while police officials continued searching the ship on Sunday morning. The prefecture and humanitarian organisations estimate that several hundreds of migrants are living in the Calais area, all hoping to find a way to get to Britain.

France arrests 44 migrants who climbed onto a ferry in Calais

At least five people were shot and dozens were left injured during a mass brawl between 100 Eritreans and about 30 Afghans in the French port city of Calais.&nbsp;

The brawl happened between rival gangs of migrants from Afghanistan and Eritrea &ldquo;armed with sticks and stones&rdquo; near Calais Hospital on Thursday afternoon.&nbsp;

Four Eritrean youths aged 16-18 who were shot during the brawl are in a critical condition and have been rushed to a local hospital for surgery. The fifth man was taken to Lille as he suffered severe injuries.&nbsp;

As per reports, at least 13 others have been wounded after they were beaten up with iron bars.&nbsp;

The fight, which lasted almost two hours, reportedly began when an Afghan migrant fired shots. Soon after, over a 100 Eritreans charged over 20 Afghans in a town called Marck.&nbsp;

&ldquo;Police intervened to protect the Afghan migrants faced with 150 to 200 Eritrean migrants,&rdquo; the local prefecture said, adding that security reinforcements were being deployed in the area.

The clashes come as tension continues to surround Calais, which remains home to hundreds of migrants despite the closure of the infamous Jungle camp in October 2016.

The notorious Jungle camp in Calais, once home to some 10,000 people hoping to make it to Britain, was demolished in 2016, but hundreds of migrants remain in the port city seeking to stow away on England-bound trucks.

A judicial source equated Thursday&rsquo;s unrest with that 2015 when the camp was created.

Those left in the area, most of them young Africans and Afghan men, have been living rough in the woods and clash regularly with police, who clear their encampments and stop them from setting up roadblocks in a bid to slow passing trucks.

Grim living conditions have led to regular confrontations between migrants of different nationalities, and five people were shot in a fight between rival Afghan groups last November.

French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb tweeted he would be heading to the area by helicopter and could stay overnight.

&ldquo;After today&rsquo;s serious incidents I shall be heading for Calais tonight to take stock of the situation with the perfect, the mayor and local players,&rdquo; including police, Collomb tweeted.

The brawl happened between rival gangs of migrants from Afghanistan and Eritrea “armed with sticks and stones” near Calais Hospital on Thursday afternoon

At least five people were shot and dozens were left injured during a mass brawl between 100 Eritreans and about 30 Afghans in the French port city of Calais. The brawl happened between rival gangs of migrants from Afghanistan and Eritrea “armed with sticks and stones” near Calais Hospital on Thursday afternoon. Four Eritrean youths aged 16-18 who were shot during the brawl are in a critical condition and have been rushed to a local hospital for surgery. The fifth man was taken to Lille as he suffered severe injuries. As per reports, at least 13 others have been wounded after they were beaten up with iron bars. The fight, which lasted almost two hours, reportedly began when an Afghan migrant fired shots. Soon after, over a 100 Eritreans charged over 20 Afghans in a town called Marck. “Police intervened to protect the Afghan migrants faced with 150 to 200 Eritrean migrants,” the local prefecture said, adding that security reinforcements were being deployed in the area. The clashes come as tension continues to surround Calais, which remains home to hundreds of migrants despite the closure of the infamous Jungle camp in October 2016. The notorious Jungle camp in Calais, once home to some 10,000 people hoping to make it to Britain, was demolished in 2016, but hundreds of migrants remain in the port city seeking to stow away on England-bound trucks. A judicial source equated Thursday’s unrest with that 2015 when the camp was created. Those left in the area, most of them young Africans and Afghan men, have been living rough in the woods and clash regularly with police, who clear their encampments and stop them from setting up roadblocks in a bid to slow passing trucks. Grim living conditions have led to regular confrontations between migrants of different nationalities, and five people were shot in a fight between rival Afghan groups last November. French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb tweeted he would be heading to the area by helicopter and could stay overnight. “After today’s serious incidents I shall be heading for Calais tonight to take stock of the situation with the perfect, the mayor and local players,” including police, Collomb tweeted.

France: Eritreans, Afghans brawl in Calais, several injured

Britain will start building wall in the French port city of Calais to prevent refugees and migrants from entering the country, the interior ministry said on Wednesday.&nbsp; 
 
The barrier, which will be 4-metre high and one kilometre long, will be built on a port approach road starting this month. The project is likely to be completed by the end of the year, officials said.&nbsp; 
 
&quot;We are going to start building this big new wall very soon. We&#39;ve done the fence, now we are doing a wall,&quot; junior minister Robert Goodwill told a parliamentary committee. 
 
He added that security was being stepped up in Calais, home to the &ldquo;Jungle&#39;&#39; camp, to keep thousands of migrants from the Middle East who are fleeing war and poverty. There were a lot of attempted channel crossings last year by migrants sneaking onto lorries boarding ferries and the Eurotunnel. 
 
France had dismantled the southern half of the Jungle camp in February and March.&nbsp; 
 
In March, Britain and France had agreed to a 17 million pound of security measures of which the wall is a part.&nbsp; 
 
The agreement has drawn severe criticism from across the political spectrum. &nbsp; 
 
Green Party MP Caroline Lucas called the wall &quot;monstrous&quot; and the campaign group, Citizens UK, asked Britain to use the money&nbsp;to transfer child migrants with families in Britain from Calais instead. 
 
Richard Burnett, chief executive of Britain&#39;s Road Haulage Association said that funding for the wall &quot;would be much better spent on increasing security along the approach roads&quot;. 
 
The jungle is a home to some 7,000 migrants, but the number might have mounted to 10,000 after the recent influx, the charities have said.&nbsp; 
 
There have been complaints of migrants attacking vehicles with metal bars to stop them. They sometimes use tree branches to block roads to slow trucks heading for Britain.
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(WION with inputs from agencies) 
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Officials said the four-meter high, one-kilometer long barrier will be built on a port approach road starting this month

Britain will start building wall in the French port city of Calais to prevent refugees and migrants from entering the country, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. The barrier, which will be 4-metre high and one kilometre long, will be built on a port approach road starting this month. The project is likely to be completed by the end of the year, officials said. "We are going to start building this big new wall very soon. We've done the fence, now we are doing a wall," junior minister Robert Goodwill told a parliamentary committee. He added that security was being stepped up in Calais, home to the “Jungle'' camp, to keep thousands of migrants from the Middle East who are fleeing war and poverty. There were a lot of attempted channel crossings last year by migrants sneaking onto lorries boarding ferries and the Eurotunnel. France had dismantled the southern half of the Jungle camp in February and March. In March, Britain and France had agreed to a 17 million pound of security measures of which the wall is a part. The agreement has drawn severe criticism from across the political spectrum. Green Party MP Caroline Lucas called the wall "monstrous" and the campaign group, Citizens UK, asked Britain to use the money to transfer child migrants with families in Britain from Calais instead. Richard Burnett, chief executive of Britain's Road Haulage Association said that funding for the wall "would be much better spent on increasing security along the approach roads". The jungle is a home to some 7,000 migrants, but the number might have mounted to 10,000 after the recent influx, the charities have said. There have been complaints of migrants attacking vehicles with metal bars to stop them. They sometimes use tree branches to block roads to slow trucks heading for Britain. (WION with inputs from agencies)

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