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Eight months after France’s notorious “Jungle” camp in Calais was dismantled, migrants desperate to make it to Britain are once again flocking to the northe port town. But this time, they do not even have the basics such as water or tents. On Friday, France’s new Interior Minister Gérard Collomb h, ...ادامه مطلب

A group of 80 refugees from France’s “Jungle” camp in the northe port city of Calais have been selected to attend university as part of an initiative to help them ea a degree in preparation for life in their new host country.They were chosen from a pool of 200 applicants from the “Jungle” – a sprawling camp that was home to as many as 10,000 people before it was demolished in October 2016 – to take intensive French language lessons and, eventually follow other coursework at the University of Lille in northe France."I spent two months in the Jungle, and was only able to lea the alphabet," said Abdul-Raouf Hussein-Fadul, a 26-year-old Sudanese man in a baseball cap and white sneakers. "I hope that one day I'll be able to become an engineer in France, like I was in Sudan... It's not easy, I'm going to have to work hard."Prospective students were recruited by university officials with the help of volunteer organisations at the camp. To qualify for the programme, applicants were req, ...ادامه مطلب

Fresh fires bued inside the Calais 'Jungle' Wednesday as French authorities said they were wrapping up a major operation to evacuate and demolish the notorious shantytown. The operation passed off peacefully for the most part, though some migrants torched tents and shelters in a last act of defiance as their hopes of a new life in Britain evaporated. Fabienne Buccio, the regional prefect, said it was "mission accomplished" for the operation to evacuate the thousands of migrants living in the squalid shantytown. “This is the end of the Jungle,” she added. But charities said many unaccompanied minors had not been processed and FRANCE 24’s reporter at the scene said many migrants remained in the camp. “There are definitely still people in the Jungle tonight,” said Catherine Norris-Trent, after walking through the camp on Wednesday afteoon. “I spoke to some of the migrants and they said they intended to stay there until the bitter end.” A total of 5,596 adults and childr,video fire burning,video fire burning on the dance floor,video log fire burning,video clip fire burning,free video fire burning fireplace,video this fire burns ...ادامه مطلب

Dozens of migrants stranded in the Calais "Jungle", some of them children, desperately sought a way out Thursday as diggers begin tearing down the last remaining shelters in the but-out camp in northe France. To view this video on your mobie device, click here. A day after the official operation to evict the migrants came to a dramatic end, with fires ripping through the shantytown, around 100 people were still waiting to know their fate. The interior ministry said Wednesday that nearly 5,600 migrants had been taken into shelters around France or accepted into Britain – out of the 6,400 estimated by authorities to have been living in the camp up until this week. Officials hailed the operation as a success, saying the informal part of the camp was now empty. But scores of migrants were left behind, some of whom slept in the biting cold, huddled together in sleeping bags. Others camped out in the hangar where migrants were registered this week for relocation. “There are still ple, ...ادامه مطلب

Charities working with refugees and migrants in the camp in Calais are objecting to the govement's plan to dismantle the camp and disperse the occupants. Although no date has been announced for the closure of the slum-like camp, known as the "jungle," the French govement has announced it will happen by the end of the year. The first group of migrants is expected to be moved as soon as next week. Ahead of a meeting Tuesday at France's Interior Ministry, homelessness charity Emmaus asked for postponing the closure because it says "all conditions are not met for an efficient humanitarian operation to take place." A church organization, Secours Catholique, says it's also opposed to cleaning up the area, where up to 10,000 migrants are living in squalid conditions. "The govement is heading straight into a wall," said Thierry Kuhn, president of Emmaus France. "We should not bury our heads in the sand; people will come back as long as we won't be able to offer them a solution adapted to, ...ادامه مطلب

Paris demanded on Monday that Britain honour promises to take in migrant children from the notorious Jungle camp in the French port city of Calais, adding to pressure following accusations by the Red Cross that London is dragging its heels. Interior Minister Beard Cazeneuve said he would press the case at a lunchtime meeting in London with his opposite number in the British govement, Amber Rudd. “There are several hundred isolated minors with family in Britain,” Cazeneuve said. “I solemnly ask Britain to live up to its moral duty,” he told RTL radio ahead of his London meeting. The notoriously overcrowded Jungle camp is home to nearly 10,000 people who have mostly fled war and strife in countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and Africa with the ultimate goal of reaching Britain. ‘I'm going to tell British officials that the United Kingdom has to take responsibility’, says Cazeneuve The Red Cross charity accused Britain on Sunday of leaving hundreds of young children , ...ادامه مطلب

Hoping to be nominated by his centre-right party for next year’s presidential election, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy visited Calais this week, where he decried the current govement’s “absence of authority” over the migrant situation. But did Sarkozy, who is campaigning for the Les Républicains's (formerly UMP) party nomination in next year's election, do any better when he was in office, first as interior minister from 2002 to 2007, then as president from 2007 to 2012? The situation in Calais, where the squalid “Jungle” migrant camp has made inteational headlines, is a top subject for politicians of all stripes ahead of party primaries and next year's presidential election.  Most of them have been guilty, to some degree, of hypocrisy and of bending the truth to suit their political aims. Sarkozy was no exception. Here’s what he said: “The Calais situation demonstrates a complete surrender of the French state” In the run-up to November’s primary, Sar,fact checking sarkozy ...ادامه مطلب

Work on building a wall along the approach road to the French port of Calais to try to stop migrants from jumping aboard trucks bound for Britain will begin this month, British officials said Wednesday. UK Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill told lawmakers that security was being stepped up in Calais, home to the “Jungle” camp, where thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa hope to cross the English Channel to Britain. The camp and a Franco-British border control deal that effectively pushes the British frontier onto mainland France have been hotly debated since Britons voted in a June referendum to leave the European Union. Goodwill said the wall was part of a £17 million (20 million euros) package of security measures agreed by Britain and France in March. “We are going to start building this big new wall as part of the £17 million package that we are doing with the French... We’ve done the fence and now we’re doing the wall,” Goodwil, ...ادامه مطلب

Work on building a wall along the approach road to the French port of Calais to try to stop migrants from jumping aboard trucks bound for Britain will begin this month, British officials said Wednesday. UK Immigration Minister Robert Goodwill told lawmakers that security was being stepped up in Calais, home to the “Jungle” camp, where thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Africa hope to cross the English Channel to Britain. The camp and a Franco-British border control deal that effectively pushes the British frontier onto mainland France have been hotly debated since Britons voted in a June referendum to leave the European Union. Goodwill said the wall was part of a £17 million (20 million euros) package of security measures agreed by Britain and France in March. “We are going to start building this big new wall as part of the £17 million package that we are doing with the French... We’ve done the fence and now we’re doing the wall,” Goodwil, ...ادامه مطلب

Since the beginning of the summer, the number of migrants in the Calais "Jungle" camp has risen, and locals are reaching saturation point. On Monday, truckers and farmers blockaded the main A16 motorway to demand the dismantling of France’s largest migrant camp. Our colleagues from France 2 went to meet exasperated residents but also migrants who dream of a better life and who try to reach the UK on a daily basis. On France24.com: Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp to be ‘gradually dismantled’. A programme prepared by Patrick Lovett, Elom Marcel Toble and Claire Pryde. By FRANCE 2 , Emerald MAXWELL Let's block ads! بخوانید, ...ادامه مطلب

Truckers, dock workers, farmers and merchants are blocking a major highway in northe France to demand the closure of the Calais migrant camp known as the "jungle," as its population surges and tensions rise. Local authorities are urging travelers to avoid the area in hopes of limiting disruption from the Monday moing blockade, aimed at paralyzing traffic on the route used to access the Eurotunnel and port. Interior Minister Beard Cazeneuve announced Friday that the govement would dismantle the camp "in a controlled operation" as soon as possible, but protesters want him to set a date. The camp, currently home to at least 7,000 migrants from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach Britain, has epitomized the challenges of Europe's migrant crisis. Authorities have tightened security and closed half of the camp, but the migrant population has reached record highs. Truckers are frustrated by migrants' attempts to hop into their vehicles to slip across the English Channel, and , ...ادامه مطلب

The "Jungle" camp in the northe French town of Calais, home to thousands of migrants hoping to reach Britain, will be dismantled in stages, the country's interior minister vowed on Thursday. Interior Minister Beard Cazeneuve told a regional paper that he would press ahead with the closure "with the greatest determination", gradually dismantling the site while also creating accommodation for thousands elsewhere in France "to unblock Calais". French authorities have made repeated efforts to shut down the infamous "Jungle" camp, which authorities say is currently home to nearly 7,000 migrants -- a sharp increase in recent months. Some aid groups have put the figure as high as 10,000. The population of the camp includes large numbers of Afghans, Somalis, Sudanese and Kurds, among other asylum seekers. Earlier this year local authorities cleared shelters in parts of the site in a bid to persuade migrants to move into other accommodation or neighbouring camps on the northe coast. The m,calais,calais maine,calais jungle,calais midtown,calais campbell,calais regional hospital,calais vt,calais school,calais migrants,calais motor inn ...ادامه مطلب