GETTY Lorry drivers are protesting over the Jungle camp

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Shopkeepers, police, unionists and farmers are set to join hauliers in calling for the northern section of the camp at the French port to be demolished. The protest, expected to take place on roads around the town on Monday, is likely to disrupt British cross-Channel travellers. Talks took place between French organisers and French interior minister Bernard Cazeneuve on Friday. Pressure has been growing on the French authorities to tackle the problem, which has seen the camp swell in size in recent months.

GETTY Lorry drivers are saying they are in it for the long haul

Both groups will then travel along the A16 towards Calais, converging at the Eurotunnel exit Richard Burnett, Road Haulage Association chief executive

Despite efforts to reduce numbers by dismantling the slum's southern section earlier this year, up to 9,000 migrants from countries including Sudan, Syria and Eritrea are still living there in squalor. The Road Haulage Association (RHA) said it is disappointed that "despite assurances that the action by Calais hauliers would take the form of a go-slow, this now appears not to be the case". RHA chief executive Richard Burnett said the organisation has spoken to a representative of the French road transport union, the FNTR, who said that on Monday at 7.30am (local time) lorries and tractors will be gathering at Dunkirk to the north of Calais and Bolougne to the south. He said: ”Both groups will then travel along the A16 towards Calais, converging at the Eurotunnel exit.”

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The RHA said 200 French farmers are joining in the protest, angry at migrant action that has resulted in destroyed crops and extensive damage to farms in the area. Mr Burnett added: "It seems certain that traffic crossing from the UK will find it almost impossible to leave the port as access to the A16 is denied. "The inevitable repercussions of this will surely mean that the authorities on this side of the Channel will have no alternative but to deploy Operation Stack. This will bring yet further misery to hauliers bound for mainland Europe and of course for the people and businesses of Kent." Mr Burnett said: "It appears that the proposals made by the minister were not enough to placate local Calais businesses and hauliers. We have been told that those taking part in the protest are in it for the long haul and they will stay there until they see action to dismantle the camp."

GETTY The size of the camp has swelled in recent months

The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said it had spoken "at length once again" on Saturday morning with David Sagnard - one of the protest organisers - and said he told them he is adamant that the blockade will go ahead as planned. According to the FTA, Mr Sagnard said: "The meeting yesterday with Cazeneuve did not lead to any conclusions that the French hauliers could accept. We did not get anything new, and consider that what was said was empty promises with no timetables to actually clear the Jungle camp. "Cazeneuve wasn't convincing enough and so we will still go ahead with the protest - nothing has changed and the blockade will be happening exactly as planned and nothing will deter us from it."

GETTY Up to 9,000 migrants from countries including Sudan, Syria and Eritrea are living in squalor