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30 Oct 2016 “I want to go back to Syria. There is war in my country, but we’ve been living for seven months in Greece like prisoners.” Hundreds of Migrants Pitch Tents on Paris Streets as Calais Camp Shuts 30 Oct 2016 The number of migrants sleeping rough on the streets of Paris has risen by at least a third since the start of the week when the “Jungle” shanty town in Calais was evacuated, officials said on Friday. Integrate Into Migrant Cultures To Make Newcomers Welcome, Germans Told 30 Oct 2016 A sociologist in Germany has blamed Germans for the lack of progress in integrating new migrants to the country claiming that the Germans themselves need to integrate into migrant cultures. Sociologist Annette Treibel has a message for Germans when it comes French president vows to clear Paris streets of migrant camp 30 Oct 2016 [Ynet]French President Francois Hollande vowed Saturday to shut down a bulging migrant camp in Paris, after his government moved 5,000 people from a camp in northern France in an overdue effort to tackle the migrant crisis. The makeshift camps in Calais on the English Channel and in the French capital have become visible symbols of the country's struggle to accommodate migrants and refugees seeking better lives in Europe. "We cannot tolerate camps," Hollande said, calling the street encampments "not worthy" of France. "We will evacuate the camps in Paris, because it cannot be a long-lasting solution." He also notably played down concerns that the closure of the Calais camp this week has driven its residents to the sidewalks of Paris, notably near the Stalingrad subway station.
30/10/16 Theresa May told Francois Hollande in no uncertain terms that Britain had already committed to taking a 'considerable' number of child refugees from Calais. Posted by: trailing wife 2016-10-31 |
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