article_snippet: Outspoken: Natacha Bouchart said migrants were desperate to reach the UK UK because of Britain's 'cushy benefits system' On the run: Calais has struggled to deal with thousands of illegal immigrants who have gathered in the town .
article_snippet: Thousands of illegal migrants have massed in Calais waiting for an opportunity to sneak into lorries, private cars or caravans and enter Britain.
article_snippet: In October, Mrs Bouchart said Britain was an ‘El Dorado’ for thousands of migrants flocking to Calais because of generous state handouts.
article_snippet: Mrs Bouchart said: ‘They want to go to England because They can expect better conditions on arrival there than anywhere else in Europe or even internationally.
highlights_snippet: Natacha Bouchart, Calais Mayor, says migrants desperate to reach the UK .
  
highlights_snippet: Says in UK migrants desperate to reach the UK can expect better conditions than anywhere else in world .
  