Migrant Killed by UK Car Accident in Calais

An Eritrean migrant died and his wife was injured in an accident with a UK driver.

17:35 11 October 2016

An Eritrean migrant has died in an accident involving a British car driver on a motorway near the French port of Calais. The victim’s wife was also injured after the pair were knocked down on an interchange where dozens of migrants desperately tried to get across the Channel. 

 

The victim, who was killed on Sunday evening, was the 14th migrant to have died in the Calais area this year. He died after being hit by a car as dozen of migrants tried to slow down traffic heading to the Channel Tunnel. Last month, a teenage Afghan boy was killed while trying to climb on to a lorry heading to the Channel Tunnel.

 

A local prosecutor said that the driver tried to help the victim but was attacked by some of the migrants. French reports said riot police had to be deployed to control the situation.

 

Thousands of migrants living at the camp are hoping to cross the English Channel. They include at least 900 unaccompanied minors.

 

When the camp is shut down, most of the migrants will be sent to shelters in other areas of France. However, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said that those with British connection should be allowed into the UK.