Calais migrants: Work to start on UK-funded wall

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politic...9102169807#_=_

Construction of a UK-funded wall near Calais' so-called Jungle migrant camp will begin very soon, a minister says.
Dubbed the "Great Wall of Calais" by some media, the 4m (13ft) wall will run for 1km (0.6 miles) along both sides of the main road to Calais port.

Hmm! seems Trump has more influence than we thought.

Bit of a difference between a 13 foot high 1 mile long wall and a 50 feet high 2000 mile long wall.....

[nomadking]

The only sorts of barriers that have ever worked are one with machine gun post and people ready and willing to use them.

[heero_yuy]

At 13 feet they'd still have to top it with those vicious curled blade thingys. Even then it wouldn't be foolproof. Of course if the blades were powered and rotated at speed...

[mrmistoffelees]

Some people have been watching far to much Arrested Development !!!

Originally Posted by mrmistoffelees

Some people have been watching far to much Arrested Development !!!

There's always money in the Banana stand.

[Taf]

No wall will stop them. As Nomadking says, it will require force to stop them.

Originally Posted by nomadking

The only sorts of barriers that have ever worked are one with machine gun post and people ready and willing to use them.

Yes, I remember those from when I lived in West Berlin - funnily enough, they were seen as bad things then...

[Ramrod]

Walls Around The World That Work:

Hillary Clinton herself was in favour of border fences as recently as 2006, still bragging about it in 2015. But clearly her marching orders have changed.
Even the left-wing Slate magazine was forced to admit: “…the Israeli fence is very efficient. The number of fatalities from terror attacks within Israel dropped from more than 130 in 2003 to fewer than 25 in 2005. The number of bombings fell from dozens to fewer than 10”.

The country has barriers with the West Bank, Gaza, and Egypt, and is now constructing a barrier with Jordan.

Hungary began closing the West Balkan migrant route, blocking people marching through from Serbia in September, and cutting the country off from unwanted incursions from Croatia. Migrant numbers went from 10,000 illegal crossings a day, to just 29.

the number of illegal crossings dropped by 90 per cent after Macedonia strengthened its border with Greece, according to figures from the European Union’s own border agency Frontex.

In March of this year, 4,930 people crossed the Greek-Macedonian border illegally, just 10 per cent of the figure for the same month last year.

Kenya, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey have all built walls which have scarcely been referred to as “racist” or “xenophobic” in the same way Mr. Trump, or indeed Mr. Orban or Mr. Netanyahu’s walls have been. There is a double standard for walls around the world.

In 2004 the border fence set to be erected between India and Pakistan was lauded by the liberal New York Times. Their headline read: “India and Pakistan: Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”.

Just saying........

And are they manned by people who are willing to use machine guns* on those attempting to cross, as nomadking stated would be required on the Calais wall?

btw, the Israeli wall was designed to prevent suicide bombers attacking Israelis - not sure if we have many examples of Mexican suicide bombers attacking US citizens in the USA...

Love how the argument moved from 'stopping illegal immigrants at Calais' to 'stopping Suicide bombers in Israel'as if the two things were the same...

I actually support building the wall at Calais, but I don't support the machine-gunning of anyone trying to breach it, just like I didn't support the East Germans machine-gunning anyone who tried to cross the Berlin Wall (in fact, I was there primarily to stop them imposing that type of behaviour on West Berlin residents...).

*citations needed of guards on the walls shooting crossers, preferably not the Trump rallying forum Breitbart...

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Hugh

And are they manned by people who are willing to use machine guns* on those attempting to cross, as nomadking stated would be required on the Calais wall?

btw, the Israeli wall was designed to prevent suicide bombers attacking Israelis - not sure if we have many examples of Mexican suicide bombers attacking US citizens in the USA...

Love how the argument moved from 'stopping illegal immigrants at Calais' to 'stopping Suicide bombers in Israel'as if the two things were the same...

I actually support building the wall at Calais, but I don't support the machine-gunning of anyone trying to breach it, just like I didn't support the East Germans machine-gunning anyone who tried to cross the Berlin Wall (in fact, I was there primarily to stop them imposing that type of behaviour on West Berlin residents...).

*citations needed of guards on the walls shooting crossers, preferably not the Trump rallying forum Breitbart...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List...he_Berlin_Wall

[techguyone]

Make it a tad higher, double it up and have dogs running free on the inner side.

[Gavin78]

I suppose it doesn't help that the people the created this mess haven't really done anything to help them in their own country

[techguyone]

Which country would that be? they seem to mysteriously have come from all around the world.

[mrmistoffelees]

New opportunity for Dale Winton?