{Official says people must leave because the makeshift camp in Calais and its conditions are not “dignified”.}<\/p>\n
About 1,000 refugees living in the “Jungle” camp in Calais must leave their makeshift dwellings, because their living there is undignified, an official in France’s northern Pas-de-Calais region announced. <\/p>\n
“It’s time to tell the migrants of Calais who live in undignified conditions and give Calais an image that isn’t dignified either, that we have a solution for each of you,” said Fabienne Buccio said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Buccio said her agents will explain to refugees “what we expect” of them – to choose to live in heated containers set up last month on the edge of the camp that can hold 1,500 people, or agree to be sent to centres around France.<\/p>\n
They will be given a week to make the choice.<\/p>\n
Authorities will visit on Monday to advise those affected that they must leave.<\/p>\n
The prefecture estimates there are about 3,700 people currently in the camp – lower than the more than 4,000 estimated by aid groups.<\/p>\n
There were some 6,000 people at the camp just months ago, but the prefecture has made a gradual effort to reduce the numbers. Buccio has suggested only 2,000 people can remain in Calais.<\/p>\n
Refugees from Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and other war-torn and poverty-ridden countries make their way to northern France in hopes of making it across the English Channel to Britain via ferry, the Eurotunnel train or trucks.<\/p>\n
The camp on the edge of Calais now has shops, mosques, churches and schools built by refugees and volunteers.<\/p>\n
Incidents involving refugees and the police have surged since last October when security near the Channel Tunnel was reinforced to prevent anybody from entering the Eurotunnel infrastructure.<\/p>\n
On January 23, some 200 refugees managed to break into the port of Calais, enabling some of them to board the front deck of a British ferry, after a demonstration of support for refugees.<\/p>\n
Source:Al Jazeera:[France to evict 1,000 refugees from ‘Jungle’ camp->http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2016\/02\/france-evict-1000-refugees-calais-jungle-camp-160212193008377.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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