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MowCowWhoHow III

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Thu Nov 12, 2015, 02:03 PM Nov 2015

French police accuse militants of inciting violence at Calais migrant camp

Source: Euronews

The French Channel port of Calais is struggling to cope with the thousands of migrants living in a makeshift camp waiting for an opportunity to smuggle themselves across the Channel to Britain.

Frustration has often boiled over and there have been several nights of clashes with police.

France has accused activists of inciting unrest. The interior ministry says militants calling themselves “No Borders” which is a far-left group that opposes border controls, are exploiting the misery of migrants and encouraging them to riot and to commit violence against the police.

However other activists working in the migrant camp see the situation differently. Rick Mellang of “Yorkshire Aid” said: “We may be facilitating a rebellion at some point. Essentially, we distribute supplies which facilitate people to jump fences. If we do not give out these supplies these people will freeze to death.”

Read more: http://www.euronews.com/2015/11/12/french-police-accuse-militants-of-inciting-violence-at-calais-migrant-camp/

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French police accuse militants of inciting violence at Calais migrant camp (Original Post) MowCowWhoHow III Nov 2015 OP
France generally just seems to ignore those thousands jammed up at Calais. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2015 #1
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