Britain is to start building a wall in the northern French port of Calais to stop migrants jumping on trucks, under a deal agreed earlier this year, the interior ministry said Wednesday.

英国内政部上周三表示，根据今年早前达成的协议，英国将在法国北部港口城市加莱修建一道墙，阻止难民跳上卡车非法入境。

The four-metre high, one-kilometre long barrier will be built on a port approach road starting this month and should be completed by the end of this year, officials said.

官方表示，本月将在一条通往港口的路上修建这道高4米、长1千米的墙，预计于年末完工。

The wall, which will be funded by the British government under an agreement struck at a summit in March, will complement a security fence already put up around the port and entrance to the Channel Tunnel.

依据三月一次峰会上签署的协议，这道墙将由英国政府出资修建，对港口和英吉利海峡隧道入口附近已有的安全围栏起辅助作用。

"We are going to start building this big new wall very soon. We've done the fence, now we are doing a wall," junior minister Robert Goodwill told a parliamentary committee on Tuesday.

主管移民事务的大臣罗伯特•古德维尔上周二对国会委员会说：“我们将很快开始修建这道新的高墙。我们已经有了围栏，现在要建的是护墙。”

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