Blame game as the migrant Calais crisis deepens
- 9 years ago
In the evening light migrants can be seen climbing fences near the Eurotunnel terminal in Calais ahead of trying to find a train, a lorry or any other way of getting themselves across to the UK.
Night after night hundreds are risking their lives – since June nine people have died, the last, a Sudanese is thought to have been hit by a truck
The scale of the crisis is putting political pressure on both the French and British governments, but there’s a human element which can’t be overlooked:
Nazirulla a 31-year-old Afghan who has been in Calais for three months calls out to political leaders:
“We just want to say that every day there’s a risk of (losing) life. People are losing their life. So please, if international community, especially these people are going to UK. Accept them or reject them (meaning UK), tell the French government to finish them all, and let them go to their own countries.”
France is sending 120 more police to the area while Britain is pressing ahead wi
Night after night hundreds are risking their lives – since June nine people have died, the last, a Sudanese is thought to have been hit by a truck
The scale of the crisis is putting political pressure on both the French and British governments, but there’s a human element which can’t be overlooked:
Nazirulla a 31-year-old Afghan who has been in Calais for three months calls out to political leaders:
“We just want to say that every day there’s a risk of (losing) life. People are losing their life. So please, if international community, especially these people are going to UK. Accept them or reject them (meaning UK), tell the French government to finish them all, and let them go to their own countries.”
France is sending 120 more police to the area while Britain is pressing ahead wi