GETTY French police claim British anarchists are pushing migrants

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French police have accused extremist political activists from the UK of sparking riots, claiming they are against all border controls and have been inciting violence inside the camp. The country’s interior minister claimed they are “taking advantage of the disarray of the migrants and push them into rioting”.

Officers were forced to fire water cannons and tear gas at 200 migrants to try and gain control of the 4,500-strong camp last night, after migrants became angry at officials trying to clear the camps. The accusation came as the European Council president claimed migrants coming into Europe should be detained for 18 months so they can be correctly screened to stop terrorists getting into Europe. Donald Tusk distanced himself from other Brussels bosses to condemn German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s open-door policy as “dangerous”.

GETTY Officers fired water cannons and tear as at 200 migrants inside the jungle

Mr Tusk said it is down to the EU to restore public confidence by taking control with rigorous checks at its borders. The former Polish prime minister dismissed claims that most migrants arriving into Europe are Syrian refugees. He said: “Sorry, but it is something like a justification that we have refugees [who are] only Syrian and that’s why we have to be as open as today. “It’s not true. Syrians are only the 28 to 30 per cent of the influx. 70 per cent of them are [irregular] migrants. This is why we need more effective controls. It’s obvious.”

GETTY Donald Tusk called on the EU to introduce rigorous border checks

If you want to screen migrants and refugees, you need more time than only one minute to fingerprint Donald Tusk

Mr Tusk added: “If you want to screen migrants and refugees, you need more time than only one minute to fingerprint. In international law and also in European law, we have this rule of 18 months as the time for screening we need. “You can and you should retain migrants [until screening is completed]. It’s not only an obligation for frontline countries. We can do it in many parts of Europe. “But we need to say very openly that we will do it. Also for security reasons, but not only for this. This is why fear is so tangible and, in fact, justified. “It is the first time in our history that we have to fight this kind of problem. Today access to Europe is too easy.”

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He added: “This wave of migrants is too big not to stop them. But this change of approach must be a common effort. It’s not about one leader. “I think that what we can expect from our leaders today is to change this mindset, this opinion, [which is] for me one of the most dangerous in this time.”