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| Illegal migrants hold demo in France | |
| 2014-09-06 | |
| [Iran Press TV] Illegal migrants have held a rally in the French port city of Calais to protest police violence, harassment and bad living conditions. Around 200 migrants staged the demonstration in Calais on Friday, saying they suffer from food and water shortage, and face the danger of being beaten and harassed by the police. The protesters were chanting, "no to police violence", and held up signs reading, "Where are our human rights?" ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... Police presence in the city has been increased after dozens of migrants tried to storm a ferry bound for Britannia. Usually migrants in Calais get into violent festivities with the police as they reportedly attempt to board boats and vehicles heading for the UK. "I've been here for only a few days, but within these few days I have seen some inhuman things, like people who were beaten by police and harassment," said one of the protesters adding, "Here, it's human chaos: no food at all, shortage of water, lack of medication."
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| Posted by:Fred |