GETTY It is feared the new camp will double the problem

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After months of running the gauntlet of migrants desperate to reach Britain in Calais, they said the new camp 30 miles away would simply "double" the problem. And they hinted that the British taxpayer is likely to have to foot the bill for security measures to stop migrants invading the Channel terminal. France plans to build a new camp to house 3,000 migrants five miles from the Dunkirk ferry terminal.

GETTY A makeshift camp in Dunkirk

It will have heated tents, showers, toilets and running water, raising fears that it will become a new magnet for thousands of migrants flooding into Europe - and provide springboard for attempts to reach Britain.

Migrants at Calais already outnumber security officials by 18:1. Our greatest concern is that the number of staff will be reduced and redeployed at Dunkirk Road Haulage Association Richard Burnett

The chief executive of the Road Haulage Association Richard Burnett said: "This will not solve the problem of migrants causing yet more misery for the thousands of UK-bound hauliers who regularly use this alternative route to cross the Channel. The issue must be resolved, not doubled. "Migrants at Calais already outnumber security officials by 18:1. Our greatest concern is that the number of staff will be reduced and redeployed at Dunkirk.

"The inevitable outcome of this will be that what is already a bad situation will get much, much worse. It would be unthinkable if lives that are already at risk were lost." About 5,000 migrants are already gathered at the Calais camp known as The Jungle and the RHA says its members - who drive 100,000 HGVs - have been repeatedly threatened by gangs of migrants trying to find a way across the Channel. Services through the Channel Tunnel have also been regularly disrupted by mass attempts to get through. Mr Burnett said the funds allocated by the French to the new camp would "barely scratch the surface of the problem" and called for Paris to deploy troops to keep the peace.

GETTY Lorry bosses are concerned that the security numbers will be reduced in Calais

He said: "Britain has committed £19 million in funding for fences, CCTV and other security measures at Calais since the crisis erupted in June and has already invested £7 million in a secure HGV parking area and additional fencing at the Port. "We now learn that the French government will apparently be picking up the £1.1 million bill for the new camp. As experience has clearly shown, this will barely scratch the surface of the problem.

GETTY The Channel tunnel has been regularly disrupted by people trying to get through