The French port-town of Calais has been blockaded by around a hundred local ferry workers as part of a union strike. They have burned tyres and closed off the port in protest at mass redundancies. Illegal migrants who've been camped out in Calais for months trying reach the UK have reportedly used the situation to sneak on to lorries waiting to cross the channel.<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
