The Calais border barrier is an international
border barrier
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under construction jointly by France and the United Kingdom designed to prevent illegal migrants from gaining access to the
Channel Tunnel
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and from the port of
Calais
Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ...
as a means of illegal entry to Britain. Construction, funded by Britain, began in September 2016.
It aims, in particular, to prevent migrants from entering Britain by stowing away on trucks and ferry boats. The wall will cut the large migrant encampment known as the
Calais Jungle off from access to the port and tunnel entrance.
The government of Calais opposes construction of the wall, preferring that the central government instead dismantle the Jungle because the illegal migrants living there place a strain on local resources.
The $23 million cost will be shared by Britain and France.
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France–UK border
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Border barrier
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Norway–Russia border
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Austrian border barrier Austrian border barriers are border barriers and migration management facilities constructed by Austria between November 2015 and January 2016 on its border with Slovenia and in 2016 on its border with Italy, as a response to European migrant crisi ...
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Bulgarian border barrier
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Greek border barrier
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Hungarian border barrier
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Macedonian border barrier
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Slovenian border barrier
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Removal of Hungary's border fence with Austria
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Russia–Ukraine barrier
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Border barriers constructed during the European migrant crisis
France–United Kingdom border
Calais migrant crisis (1999–present)