Elite troops moved to Chunnel as fears grow over terror threat: 100 Royal marines secretly deployed to Kent barracks to act as a Quick Reaction force should terrorists take advantage of migrant crisis
- Royal Marines and Paras have transferred from their base in South Wales
- Troops on alert to respond to any attack in the UK by IS-inspired fanatics
- Comes as a migrant evaded hundreds of cameras and guards to enter UK
- His march through 31-mile tunnel sparked concern among defence chiefs
Demo: Lager swigging activist Tim Woolrich in Calais
About
100 elite British troops have secretly been moved to a barracks in Kent
to act as a Quick Reaction Force should terrorists attempt to blow up
the Channel Tunnel or Eurostar terminals on this side of the English
Channel.
The
crack Royal Marines and Paras, who belong to the Special Forces Support
Group (SFSG), have transferred from their base in St Athan, South
Wales, to Folkestone to respond to any attack in the UK by IS-inspired
fanatics.
The
moves comes after a migrant evaded hundreds of security cameras and
police officers at the Chunnel’s entrance in Calais and marched 31 miles
through to the UK.
He was arrested just yards from the exit in Folkestone.
The
ease with which he avoided police and Eurotunnel officials on Tuesday
last week raised such serious concerns that defence chiefs decided to
move the SFSG into place. It came after weeks of migrants wreaking havoc
in Calais and increasing fears that IS will seek to exploit the
security weaknesses in the French port to sneak its terrorists into the
UK.
The
Mail on Sunday has also learned that troops from the Special
Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR) are filming the immigrants and asylum
seekers on both sides of the English Channel after the British security
services learned that terrorists were seeking to exploit the migrant
crisis.
The
Hereford-based SRR troops are collating a library of suspects’ faces
and noting the registration of vehicles linked to asylum seekers.
Meanwhile
in Calais, British anarchists were accused of ‘provocation’ last night
after Left-wing activists led a mob of hundreds of migrants on a march
through the streets of Calais.
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The
300 protesters chanted ‘open the borders’ as they headed past the
Channel Tunnel and on to the ferry port in a three-hour demonstration
which closed roads in the town.
The
Mail on Sunday saw around 50 well-heeled activists from the UK, France,
America and Holland handing out placards, banners and red armbands to
the migrants before they departed the makeshift ‘Jungle’ camp where
those seeking to enter Britain illegally live.
Marchers in Calais protest during a rally in support of those trying to enter the UK from France
The
involvement of Left-wing agent provocateurs in yesterday’s protest was
blasted by Emmanuel Agius, the deputy mayor of Calais. He said: ‘This
march had no other motive except for provocation.
‘The
organisers of this march are not the responsible organisations with
whom we have worked for years to manage in the best possible way the
huge migration problem which Calais is confronted with.’
Tim
Woolrich, 48, an anarchist from York, moved into the Jungle six months
ago ‘in solidarity’ with the immigrants and confirmed he belongs to
anti-capitalist group No Borders, which has been blasted by the Calais
authorities for ‘destabilising’ the town.
Swigging on a can of lager, Mr Woolrich said: ‘Borders are stupid. Freedom of movement is a basic human right.’
But many of the estimated 2,000 people living in the Jungle were not interested in yesterday’s march.
Karim, 18, from Afghanistan, said: ‘We are not on the march because we need to rest.
‘Yesterday we tried the fences and now tonight we will try again ... and we will keep trying until we get through.’
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