To the refugee it means lorries, and the chance of clandestine entry to the UK.

Calais: "Eldorado" is a ferry ride away

Clive, from York has been in Italy picking up a lorry load of shoes to take back to Leicester.

From Monday, he faces a �2,000 per head fine if refugees are found in his vehicle when he gets to Dover.

Clive carries a baseball bat in his cabin, and one or two other deterrents. His tarpaulin is ripped thanks to his most recent unwanted passengers who he discovered the other day.

He is incensed by the decision to fine drivers, saying asylum seekers are geniuses at the art of concealment.

But he says there are lighter moments.

The other day, a friend driving through Belgium became aware of passengers.

He stopped, threw open the tail door and shouted: "Look, England!" and out they tumbled.

I tell Clive that his association bosses are worried about violence. He says someone is going to get killed.
A few miles up the coast at Sangatte, 500 asylum seekers stay in a huge hangar-style shed preparing for the journey to England.

The French Government funds and the Red Cross runs this departure lounge for a flight the British are trying to prevent. Vive L' Europe!

Augustina, a Bulgarian Red Cross worker, says Britain is referred to as Eldorado, or Treasure Island. She admits she has never been to Dover.

We find a Palestinian at Sangatte, stealing his nerves to make the trip on Monday night.

I don't mention Clive.