article_snippet: Illegal migrants run on October 29, 2014 behind a truck to try to board it in Calais last October .
article_snippet: The number of migrants in Calais has dropped by two thirds in recent weeks – suggesting many have managed to dodge border controls and reach Britain.
article_snippet: Long-term figures reveal that some 2,500 African, Asian and Eastern Europeans were in the French port town over the Christmas period but The number of migrants in Calais has now fallen to around 1,000.
article_snippet: Migrants try to get into a lorry as a lorry fills up with fuel near Calais .
article_snippet: Last night a lorry emerged that on one day in January alone a fire in the town caused chaos and allowed 300 migrants to sneak through the Channel Tunnel.
article_snippet: A winter storm also caused major problems for border officials when a large section of fencing was blown down near the truck parking area.
article_snippet: Hundreds more have succeeded in stowing away on trucks and vehicles from French ports such as Caen and Cherbourg where border controls are less stringent.
article_snippet: In recent weeks Albanian people smugglers have moved Albanian people smugglers profitable operations down the coast from Calais and managed to load a number of migrants on to lorries at motorway rest areas.
article_snippet: A recent head count in Calais revealed that only around 1,000 Africans, Asians and Eastern Europeans are now sleeping rough and in squats and at three open air camps in Calais.