CALAIS France (Reuters) - French riot police in Calais used teargas on Wednesday to ward off hundreds of immigrants seeking to jump on to trucks bound for Britain in a new escalation of tensions in the northern port town.
It was the second flare-up this week and comes weeks after Britain and France agreed to improve border controls to prevent an estimated 1,500 migrants fleeing humanitarian crises in Africa and the Middle East from crossing the English Channel.
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