Hollande confirms Calais migrant camp shutdown
President Francois Hollande said on Monday that France will completely shut down ‘the Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais and called on London to help deal with the plight of thousands of people whose dream is ultimately to get to Britain.
By : migrator
Update: 2016-09-26 16:36 GMT
Paris
“The situation is unacceptable and everyone here knows it,” Hollande said on a visit to the northern port city where as many as 10,000 migrants from war-torn countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan live in squalour.
France plans to relocate the migrants in small groups around the country but right-wing opponents of the Socialist leader are raising the heat ahead of the election in April, accusing him of mismanaging a problem that is ultimately a British one.
Immigration was one of the main drivers of Britain’s vote this year to leave the EU.
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