Migrants on a ferry in Calais: 8 people in court Monday

25 Jan 2016 - Six migrants and two anti-globalization activists No border will be judged in immediate trial Monday for having smuggled Saturday night on a ferry, announced the prosecutor of Boulogne-sur-Mer Jean-Pierre Valensi.

These migrants, an Afghan national, Sudanese and Eritrean, and the two French activists are charged with "breach of the code of transport" and face a fine of 3,750 euros and six months in prison, said the prosecutor during a Calais press conference in the presence of the prefect

the Pas-de-Calais.

Earlier, the Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said the "total determination of the government to ensure public order in Calais"

After the intrusion of migrants on a ferry, an exceptional event which led to 15 police custody.

Last night, the police have "carried out the eviction of 350 migrants who were blocking the port of Calais" and some of them boarded a ferry, reports the Ministry of Interior.

Fifteen persons taken into custody Saturday

35 people were arrested - 26 migrants fraudulent boarding a ship, and nine activists of the collective "No Borders" -, and 15 were placed in police custody.

Faced with calls from local politicians, for example, that the regional president Xavier Bertrand demanding an "emergency crisis meeting" the ministry reminded the payment of 50 million euros as part of a "territorial agreement", and the strengthening of law enforcement measures, including through the mobilization for months of 17 units of mobile forces (CRS companies and mobile police squads)

The ministry statement also refers to "significant tunnel safety work and port" since last summer, and the establishment of "humanitarian solutions" that "have reduced the number of migrants present in 4000, against 6000 just a few months. "

The services of Mr. Cazeneuve, who goes Monday in Amsterdam for a meeting with his counterparts from the European Union, stressed that he went 7 times in Calais since he was interior minister.

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