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*** 22-Oct-16 World View -- France to demolish 'The Jungle' migrant camp in Calais
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** France to demolish 'The Jungle' migrant camp in Calais
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Aerial view of 'The Jungle' refugee camp in Calais France (CNN)
France has announced that it will begin on Monday demolishing the
migrant camp in Calais known as "The Jungle." The 6,500 to 10,000
migrants living in the camp will be given two choices: Either to be
deported back to their home countries, or to stay in some 300
temporary refugee centers across France, where they can apply for
asylum. Children who can prove that they have relatives in Britain
may be allowed to travel to their family members.
The people in the camp are escaping war or poverty mostly from
Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea and Syria. The reason that migrants have
come to Calais in the first place is because it's near the Eurotunnel
that connects France to Britain underneath the English Channel.
Britain is a favorite destination because of liberal welfare and
medical services policies, and because they prefer an English-speaking
country. Refugees risk their lives by attempting to jump onto trucks
that are headed through the EuroTunnel.
Over the last three or four years, the refugee camp has become
squalid, unsanitary and unsafe for most people, especially women and
children. Attempts to move people out of the camp in the past have
led to confrontations with police.
On Monday, sixty buses are scheduled to transport 3,000 migrants to
alternate refugee centers in other parts of France. Activists are
claiming that they've come this far because they're desperate to reach
Britain, and they'll resist being forced to leave. Furthermore,
activists say, they'll simply return to Calais as soon as they have a
chance. Reuters and Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) and CNN
Related Articles
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**** Italy struggles with the 'mini-Calais' refugee camp in Ventimiglia
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Last week, Italian police with guns surrounded a small refrigerated
van after a car chase, just before the van was going to cross the
border into Italy. When they opened the back of the van, they were
shocked to find 17 migrants in there. One passenger said he had paid
50 euros to a human trafficker to make the trick, and had feared
suffocating inside the van.
The incident occurred in Ventimiglia, an Italian city on the border
with France, opposite the French city of Menton. This area is often
called "Mini-Calais" because every week hundreds of migrants try to
cross the mountain passes and tunnels along the border either by foot
or by hiding in vehicles. Those who succeed and are caught in France
are sent back to Italy.
More than 24,000 refugees have been residing in Ventimiglia, where
living conditions are getting steadily worse. That number is expected
to increase, as more migrants arrive in Italy from North Africa. More
than 145,000 have made the journey across the Mediterranean so far
this year. EuroNews and Daily Sabah (Ankara) and Reuters
Related Articles
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, France, Calais, The Jungle, EuroTunnel,
Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea and Syria,
Menton, Ventimiglia, Italy, Libya
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- France to demolish 'The Jungle' migrant camp in Calais
- Italy struggles with the 'mini-Calais' refugee camp in Ventimiglia
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**** France to demolish 'The Jungle' migrant camp in Calais
****
Aerial view of 'The Jungle' refugee camp in Calais France (CNN)
France has announced that it will begin on Monday demolishing the
migrant camp in Calais known as "The Jungle." The 6,500 to 10,000
migrants living in the camp will be given two choices: Either to be
deported back to their home countries, or to stay in some 300
temporary refugee centers across France, where they can apply for
asylum. Children who can prove that they have relatives in Britain
may be allowed to travel to their family members.
The people in the camp are escaping war or poverty mostly from
Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea and Syria. The reason that migrants have
come to Calais in the first place is because it's near the Eurotunnel
that connects France to Britain underneath the English Channel.
Britain is a favorite destination because of liberal welfare and
medical services policies, and because they prefer an English-speaking
country. Refugees risk their lives by attempting to jump onto trucks
that are headed through the EuroTunnel.
Over the last three or four years, the refugee camp has become
squalid, unsanitary and unsafe for most people, especially women and
children. Attempts to move people out of the camp in the past have
led to confrontations with police.
On Monday, sixty buses are scheduled to transport 3,000 migrants to
alternate refugee centers in other parts of France. Activists are
claiming that they've come this far because they're desperate to reach
Britain, and they'll resist being forced to leave. Furthermore,
activists say, they'll simply return to Calais as soon as they have a
chance. Reuters and Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) and CNN
Related Articles
- Britain will accept thousands of child refugees from European camps (05-May-2016)
- Bulldozers bury the 'Jungle' refugee camp in Calais France (02-Mar-2016)
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**** Italy struggles with the 'mini-Calais' refugee camp in Ventimiglia
****
Last week, Italian police with guns surrounded a small refrigerated
van after a car chase, just before the van was going to cross the
border into Italy. When they opened the back of the van, they were
shocked to find 17 migrants in there. One passenger said he had paid
50 euros to a human trafficker to make the trick, and had feared
suffocating inside the van.
The incident occurred in Ventimiglia, an Italian city on the border
with France, opposite the French city of Menton. This area is often
called "Mini-Calais" because every week hundreds of migrants try to
cross the mountain passes and tunnels along the border either by foot
or by hiding in vehicles. Those who succeed and are caught in France
are sent back to Italy.
More than 24,000 refugees have been residing in Ventimiglia, where
living conditions are getting steadily worse. That number is expected
to increase, as more migrants arrive in Italy from North Africa. More
than 145,000 have made the journey across the Mediterranean so far
this year. EuroNews and Daily Sabah (Ankara) and Reuters
Related Articles
- Migrants from Libya to Italy surge in the Mediterranean (05-Sep-2016)
- Italy rescues 8,000 migrants in 5 days crossing Mediterranean Sea from Libya (02-Aug-2016)
- In a new catastrophe, hundreds of migrants drown in the Mediterranean Sea (19-Apr-2016)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, France, Calais, The Jungle, EuroTunnel,
Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea and Syria,
Menton, Ventimiglia, Italy, Libya
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