via @BayAreaIntifada Refugees from #Afghanistan, #Syria, #Sudan, and #Eritrea steadily descend on a migrant camp in the French coastal town of Calais. They hope to gain entry to the UK, just 21 miles away across the English Channel. But in May, French police destroyed their camp and told the migrants to go elsewhere. And so they moved... across the street. With the few tents and blankets theyre able to salvage, the refugees formed the Salam camp, which now holds about 400 people. Every night, the migrants – many of whom have been forced to flee war and conflict in their home countries – attempt to sneak aboard trucks headed for Britain; eight migrants have already died this year while trying to make the journey. vice/en_uk/vbs/the-migrant-crisis-in-calais-britains-border-war
Posted on: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 02:29:50 +0000