Is it legal/safe to visit the Calais border crossing?

There are many videos on the Internet showing migrants attempting to enter trucks crossing the English channel.

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I think it would be interesting to visit that road and talk to the guys making that journey. However I'm concerned that:

It is potentially illegal
The migrants aren't particularly welcoming towards tourists

Does anyone have experience visiting that site? The border crossing migration has been active for many years, so I assume someone has tried it.

Best Answer

The video you presented and others like it have been shot on public roads, especially around the “Boulevard de l'Europe”, the street leading to the Eurotunnel terminal and you can see many private cars so it's obviously legal to drive there (that's the point: you have to pass there to reach the entrance of Eurotunnel and the traffic forces drivers to slow down so that's a good spot for people to try their luck).

It's a dual carriageway with no sidewalk but it looks like it is a regular street so it's probably legal to walk there too.

Beyond that, recent reports suggest the situation is increasingly tense so I can't imagine anybody (migrants, charity workers, lorry drivers, police…) is particularly keen on people showing up just to have a look.