Tabloids criticize France over migration issue

British tabloids combined two of their favorite themes in covering the Calais migrants controversy on Thursday - French-bashing and railing against the government response to illegal immigration.

Many called for the British army to be sent to France to stop migrants trying to cross the English Channel.

Some suggested Nepalese Gurkha troops based in Kent, the southern English county directly over from Calais, were best placed to step in.