GETTY France has scrapped plans for a new hostel for British-bound migrants in Calais

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Interior minister Gerard Collomb told Calais newspaper Nord Littoral: “If we built a new centre, it would swiftly be overflowing, and we can not allow that to happen. “The former Sangatte hostel and Jungle camp are proof of that.“ The notorious Sangatte centre which opened in 1999 was used as a stepping stone to the UK for thousands of migrants before it was demolished in 2002.

The Jungle camp was home to 7,000 refugees before it was flattened two years ago. Instead, 150 extra police would be drafted into Calais to prevent migrants for setting up new camps around the town. Extra road lighting costing five million euros would also be installed on the A16 motorway into Calais, after Britain had paid 2.7 million euros for lighting around the Channel Tunnel, Mr Collomb said.

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If we built a new centre, it would swiftly be overflowing Interior minister Gerard Collomb

The minister also confirmed this week that UK border controls in Calais could remain in place - as long as the UK paid more towards handling illegal migrants seeking to cross the Channel. He said: “To return the border to England would be complex. It would block the functioning of the tunnel.

GETTY Interior minister Gerard Collomb said a hostel ‘would swiftly be overflowing’