

France's largest illegal migrant camp is to be razed to the ground by the end of next week with inhabitants told: 'You will not get to England anymore via Calais'. The hugely ambitious message was delivered by Immigration Minister Eric Besson as he gave the green light to riot police to clear the notorious 'Jungle' in the northern port.Just as significantly, Mr Besson made it clear that he was having to take tough action because Britain was so soft on immigration. 'The paradoxical situation in which France finds itself is that we're trying to protect entry to the United Kingdom,' said Mr Besson, adding that some 2,000 foreigners living rough in the Calais area was the result.Mr Besson said Britain's generous welfare benefits encourage people from all over the world to use his country as a base to get across the Channel, where they claim asylum or else disappear into the black economy. But in an interview broadcast on TF1, France' s principal national TV channel, last night Mr Besson said that 'enough is enough; and that 'the message is that you won't get to England anymore via Calais.'
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