French truckers' threat over checks for migrants

SURLY French lorry drivers have threatened to block goods from entering the UK unless checks to stop migrants arriving become more lenient.

- Isaac Crowson

They have complained that Border Force inspections to ensure migrants are not hiding in the back of lorries are too harsh. The French National Road Transport Federation has even described its members as "victims".

Unless the checks are made less stringent, they have threatened a blockade.