(BBC) UK Border Force officers will face violent attacks after the government told them to take the fingerprints of migrants who try to board Eurotunnel trains, a trade union has said.
The Home Office order was made to staff at the terminal in Coquelles, near Calais, after a spike in small boat crossings to the UK by migrants.
Trade union ISU said both staff and migrants will get hurt.
But the Home Office said effective risk assessments were made to minimise harm.
BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme spoke to some of the hundreds of migrants living rough in Calais during the coronavirus lockdown, who said unbearable conditions were driving them to attempt to cross the Channel in small boats.
