Priti Patel

UK Border Force officers face violent attacks, after the government Said they will take the fingerprints of migrants trying to Board the Eurotunnel trains, a Union has Said .

The Home Office order was made, the staff at The Terminal in Coquelles, near Calais, after a spike in the small boat crossings to the UK from migrants.

Trade-union ISU, Said the staff and migrants are violated.

But the Home Office , Said that effective risk assessments have been made to minimize the damage to your health.

BBC Radio 4 programme spoke to some of The Hundreds of migrants living rough in Calais, while the coronavirus is from the lockdown, Said unbearable conditions drove them to try to cross the channel in small boats.

Since the lockdown began in March, More Than 1,000 migrants have reportedly the UK crossed on small boats.

A last week.

The total exceeded for this year is estimated, is The Number of people reached the United Kingdom throughout the year 2019, despite a pledge from Last Year by home Secretary Priti Patel , small boat crossings a ensure.

Now the interior Minister has ordered the UK border control officers, work at the Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles, in the "pas de Calais" area, take the fingerprints of migrants, which you can find, try to the trains illegally.

The Home Office Said fingerprint register, the can help return people to France - about an Eu Law called the Dublin regulation, should you later with a successful crossing in the UK.

But Lucy Moreton, of the ISU, a Union front-line managers, Said the movement, igniting violence would try as migrants to avoid, is registered in France .

"That's not quite a challenge, especially if you really want to have their fingerprints taken," She Said .

"We do not have a digital fingerprint Recorder that we only have wet ink. So you've got literally, to keep your hands and roll your Finger from side to side to a pressure.

"That's fight, a whole lot of the alley, if that's what you want to do. I am very concerned about The Levels of violence, and the fact that it hurt sometime, personnel, and migrants. "

immigrants used to have their fingerprints taken, the officers of the UK Border Force at The Port in Calais, but The Practice was stopped in 2010, and was to leave later in Coquelles.

Ms Moreton Said : "All it led to was hurt a lot of physical violence, and individuals - both for our employees and migrants. And migrants intentionally hurt themselves in order not to damage the tips of her fingers, so your finger prints taken.

"This is not something that anyone wants to be forced to do. "

The Home Office , told The Bbc that people should remain fleeing persecution, in The First safe country you entered and there was no reason why you need to challenge an often dangerous journey" asylum.

He added that the Border Force has to minimize a robust risk assessment in place, The Risk of damage to migrants, and officers.

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Source of news: bbc.com