Lorry drivers and shopkeepers have called for the demolition of the Calais ‘Jungle’ (Picture: Getty Images)

The UK is to build a high wall to contain migrants dubbed the ‘Great Wall of Calais’, it has been confirmed.

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The 13ft wall, which would be a kilometre long, is one of a series of measures designed to prevent migrants from attempting to climb into lorries and stop traffic, and could cost the taxpayer £2million.

The immigration minister, Robert Goodwill, told the Commons Home Affairs Committee that ‘we are going to start building this big new wall very soon.

‘We’ve done the fence, now we are doing a wall,’ he said.


Robert Goodwill confirmed the wall would be built (Picture: Getty Images)

Lorry drivers, shopkeepers, farmers and police officers earlier this week took part in a blockade of the main motorway in Calais.

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The driver demanded that the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp, which is home to some 9,000 people, be demolished.



Data released last month showed that the net long-term migration in the UK stood at 327,000.

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