French riot police evacuate migrant camp - jungle

Riot police took up positions at dawn outside the tent city on a patch of sandy scrubland in Calais as the remaining migrants gathered behind banners with slogans pleading with the French authorities for shelter and protection.

As the first dozen officers entered the camp a small group of rights activists formed a human chain trying to bar access to the migrants, shouting "no border, no nation, stop deportation".

Police led out the migrants one by one who followed without resistance amid the angry shouts of the protesters and with dozens of journalists looking on.

Thousands of mainly male migrants, from Afghanistan, Iraq and other troubled nations, have headed to Calais in the past decade to try to jump on a ferry or a train crossing the Channel tunnel to Britain.

But government officials say the Calais "jungle" has become a haven for people-smuggling gangs and a no-go zone for locals, with appalling sanitary conditions blamed for an outbreak of scabies in the past few months.

From a peak of 700 mostly Afghan Pashtuns based in the "jungle" in June, aid groups say two thirds have fled since the government indicated it would close the camp in April.

Aid groups also say the crackdown will simply push migrants further underground, making them more vulnerable to traffickers and criminal gangs.

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• britain
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• criminal
• traffickers
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[MrAppleseed88]

It is a sin the poor French people have to are forced to pay taxes to house and feed 3rd world scum.

[deno914]

How many of these cretins are now in Britain living on benefits and driving up crime rates.

[Bleakunending]

They look like they probably stink of shit...and/or herbs.

[ukusapillage]

its amazing with european cerisis theres still idiots who defend more 3 world parasites here, i cant take a walk down the street wuithout having to face their presence always sitting down conspiring a way to steal from us its sick

[OR3NG]

frag would have maximum efficency here

[lefoulamort]

These people (Romas) seem to get the wrong idea that France is a massive camping ground. If they come to France and remain in France they have to find an adequate housing, a proper job et cetera (begging and asking tourist if they speaks English is not a proper job).

[WolvoExPunk]

Ha Ha Ha! Well done France. You should do this more often.

[lunafringe10]

romanias problems are not frances problems, how nice this old good doer kissing her gypsie friend hehe,

[bantermelon]

they should have shot the little shits.

[Kharkovkid]

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