Chaos, riots as France dismantles "The Jungle" migrant camp in Calais

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Chaos, riots as France dismantles Calais migrant camp called the 'Jungle'
Aida Alami, Special for USA TODAY

CALAIS, France — Rahmanjan Safy scrambled to salvage anything valuable from the demolished tents and makeshift shelters at this Calais migrant camp Wednesday, even as riot police and bulldozers destroyed the site.

Food, clothing, spoons — he picked up everything he could find.

A judge gave the green light last week for the French government to tear down part of the Calais “Jungle,” as the camp is commonly called, but riots broke out this week amid the resulting chaos.

Police and bulldozers began pushing migrants out of tents and temporary shelters Monday, tearing apart the ad hoc camp that houses an estimated 6,000 people.

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Camp residents fought back, starting fires and attacking police with rocks. The situation Wednesday was calmer, if not less tense. Confusion, uncertainty and sorrow still hang over the camp and the people who have no place to go.

Ahmed Salah from Sudan stood amid trash and debris, mourning the loss of his home of seven months. He says he wants to leave but can't.

“I would go anywhere, not just to England," he said about wanting to cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom. "I don’t want to stay in France. They don’t respect their own laws.”

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The French government initially announced its plan to dismantle the southern part of the camp — closer to the highway — in early February. Migrants in that section would attempt to jump on trucks crossing through the Chunnel, despite barbed wire set up to protect the road.

The rest of the camp is being left alone — for the moment.

“The only way to solve this is to move the UK to another place that doesn’t face Calais,” said Christophe Ruggia, an award-winning French director who mobilized dozens of artists to protest the country’s resistance to welcoming war refugees. “They are constantly reacting without a long-term vision.”

In downtown Calais, just a few miles from the camp, outrage over the situation has been growing for more than a year. Business owners like Jean Claude Burei, who has a restaurant in town, want the government to find a long-term solution because the bad publicity over the camp keeps tourists away.

“The location of the camp has been a disaster for the city,” he said. “Some of these migrants are escaping war, but others have no reason to be here. ... We also need to expel those who create trouble, like smugglers who take advantage of people’s misery.”

French President François Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet Thursday in Amiens, France, to discuss the ongoing migrant crisis ahead of next week's EU summit on the issue.

Amine Khan, 31, from northern Afghanistan, helplessly watched the bulldozers Wednesday and said his "home" will likely be next.

“I have no choice, I don’t know where I will go,” he said. "I will just keep trying to reach England.”


http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...s-calais-migrant-camp-called-jungle/81217156/

 

[VivaRevolution]

So is the idea, that it was closing time at the pub, and the bartender says, "I don't care where you go, but you got to get the fuck out of here"?

Sounds like a shitty plan.

 

[Hogey]

So is the idea, that it was closing time at the pub, and the bartender says, "I don't care where you go, but you got to get the fuck out of here"?

Sounds like a shitty plan.

The French have other facilities for them. These punks don't want to give up their fingerprints and be put in a system. And England and some shit

 

[Corin7hian]

So is the idea, that it was closing time at the pub, and the bartender says, "I don't care where you go, but you got to get the fuck out of here"?

Sounds like a shitty plan.

Sounds good to me.

 

[VivaRevolution]

The French have other facilities for them. These punks don't want to give up their fingerprints and be put in a system. And England and some shit

You got a source for that?

 

[VivaRevolution]

Sounds good to me.

You lack some for sight here then I think.

I'm not appealing to your bleeding heart here.

 

[Hogey]

EU migrant crisis: Calais 'Jungle' clearance work resumes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35693882

 

[VivaRevolution]

EU migrant crisis: Calais 'Jungle' clearance work resumes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35693882

Thank you.

Very stupid on their part. They should be wanting to remain as sympathetic as possible.

 

[Corin7hian]

You lack some for sight here then I think.

I'm not appealing to your bleeding heart here.

You couldn't appeal to it because you obviously misrepresented me for someone who gives a fuck about these bottom feeders.

Let them riot. I prefer people start opening their eyes to this madness thats going on in europe. When they do i will get my popcorn and watch cause its gon b gud.

 

[VivaRevolution]

You couldn't appeal to it because you obviously misrepresented me for someone who gives a fuck about these bottom feeders.

Let them riot. I prefer people start opening their eyes to this madness thats going on in europe. When they do i will get my popcorn and watch cause its gon b gud.

I knew you didn't. The idea that you want a self fulfilling prophecy, is quite concerning to me though.

 

[Corin7hian]

I knew you didn't. The idea that you want a self fulfilling prophecy, is quite concerning to me though.

Just wait until you hear about their prophecies......it hear its mind blowing.

 

[SouthoftheAndes]

LOL go Muslims and Refugees fight the 'oppressive liberals' and their attempts to destroy your proud religion and culture. PS French Jews should leave in masses the sooner the better.

over 80% of French Jews have encountered anti-Semitism. Jews being spit on, rabbis stabbed, french Jewish politicians harassed, children bullied, silent teachers, jews afraid of wearing a kippah in public. And now the oh so tolerant' left' in France has members thinking that Jews are to blame for Antisemitism.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-for-anti-semitism-survey-finds-a6848911.html

^^ Completely disgusting to see how far France has fallen.

"The foundation surveyed 1,005 people who “constituted a sample representative of the French population” online over nine days.


Respondents were asked whether they thought Jews held part of the responsibility for anti-Semitism in France.

Of the 59 per cent that answered yes, three per cent thought they had ‘a very important part’ and 14 per cent said they had a ‘significant’ part.

Over half of respondents said Jewish people had a lot of power and were richer than the average French person.

A total of 13 per cent of respondents thought there were too many Jewish people in France, despite the Jewish community only making up one per cent of the population. "


1% of the population vs a like 15% Muslim population and rising. France is AT LEAST 10% Muslim and growing.

 

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[Svithjod]

I'm so sick of these animals flooding into Europe.

They think it's their right to do whatever they want to, and when someone says "Stop! That's not how it works here" they all go to war for it.

These MENA "people" don't respect anyone or anything, only caring about their own pathetic selves.

 

[Supereem]

I'm so sick of these animals flooding into Europe.

They think it's their right to do whatever they want to, and when someone says "Stop! That's not how it works here" they all go to war for it.

These MENA "people" don't respect anyone or anything, only caring about their own pathetic selves.

They are very ungrateful unless they need something from you directly. Muslims don't have a history of being a very successful 'migrant' culture. I mean that in they are shit at assimilating. And I am speaking throughout all of their history, not just the past few years.

 

[Thurisaz]

Funny how when he talks about leaving France the invader never even considers a Musloid country.

 

[KBE6EKCTAH_CCP]

That's some scary zombie apocalypse level filth.

These hordes of migrants looting and harrassing..........yet some multiculturalists find a way to defend them and put the blame on French / European society.

It's like : "piss, shit, leave trash and riot on my lawn. The more you do, the more I will defend you".

Self-loathing multiculturalists are the worst filth, really.

 

[StannisTheMannis]

People talk about these immigrants but nobody talks about the 10million gipsys from eastern europe begging on the streets.

 

[spin]

Seems like this camp was set up with the purpose of making way to England.

The migrants are offered the chance at asylum in France, but prefer England.

So it's essentially a squatter camp, and while I have some sympathy, the government has every right to disallow the camp from what I see.

 

[RIPWarrior]

You guys have to look at the bright side, soon the world will never have to deal with white supremacy ever again. White people deserve all of this and I love how racists are losing sleep.

The future is going to be so multicultural! We should celebrate.