David Cameron says new money to help France cope with thousands of people wanting to reach the UK will move them away from Calais.
Thursday 03 March 2016
A pot of £17m in UK money will be used to help relocate migrants at the Calais 'Jungle' to other camps in France or to their home countries, David Cameron has revealed.
The Prime Minister said the money would also be spent on enhanced security in the port town.
Speaking at a joint news conference at the end of a summit with French President Francois Hollande, Mr Cameron said: "The money will go towards efforts to move people from the camps in Calais to facilities elsewhere in France and we will fund joint work to return migrants not in need of protection to their home countries."
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Emmanuel Macron said the Le Touquet Agreement could be scrapped if the UK leaves the European Union as a result of an Out vote in June's referendum.
The agreement, which allows British authorities to conduct border checks on the French side of the Channel and thereby keep illegal migrants out, has led to the emergence of the migrant camps across the Channel.
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Mr Hollande told the news conference it was up to the British people whether the UK remained or left but there would be consequences if it was to leave.
In the meantime, he said, France has facilities to accommodate any migrants that are refused permission to become asylum seekers in Britain.
Any unaccompanied minors trying to enter the UK who have relatives already there, he added, should be allowed to go there "quickly and efficiently".
கலேய் : அகதிச் சுத்திகரிப்பு கடமையில் பிரெஞ்சு கலகமடக்கும் படை |
He said: "The (French) Home Office minister has established centres that are at the disposal of these people and he has ensured that ... these people can be placed somewhere in the warm, in good conditions and hopefully (be) integrated into our country.
"With regard to the people who absolutely want to go to the UK, as soon as the UK has decided not to accept these people... the access will be closed."
Earlier this week, demolition teams and riot officers moved into the Calais camp to clear migrants, refugees and activists in an attempt to reduce the camp's size.
Mr Cameron has also announced a series of ways in which Britain and France plan to work more closely together on security issues, and to defeat terrorism.
The two countries will spend £1.5bn developing the next generation of drones, in a sign of closer co-operation over security and defence.
CALAIS JUNGLE VIOLENCE YESTERDAY
Calais Jungle Violence Yesterday
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Care4Calais condemns the way that French authorities have
handled recent evictions in the Calais Jungle.
In a press conference last week the Prefecture assured journalists that the dismantling of the southern part of the camp would be gradual, humane and respectful to the dignity of the people living in the camp. The Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazenove, reiterated this insisting the approach would be humanitarian. The lawyer from the Prefecture at the hearing last Tuesday said that the two key reasons for evacuating the Jungle were the dignity of refugees and their security. The scenes of panic reported yesterday were a far cry from these commitments.
கலேய்க் காற்றில் ஒரு அந்நிய தேசியக் கொடி! |
The aggressive way in which this demolition was carried out increases the psychological pressure on the refugees in the camp, majority of whom have already been traumatised. The authorities’ show of force with over 200 police officers in full body armour with batons and shields is in complete contradiction to what was promised by the Prefect and the French Minster of the Interior.the intention truly was, as stated, to move people to better accommodation why the excessive haste to destroy existing homes? Why not move people out then return in four weeks time for the clearance? Instead, yesterday, we saw people being forced from homes that were immediately destroyed before their eyes. The objective is clearly the destruction of the camp.
The refugees were told they had one hour to leave their homes or they would be arrested. Many were escorted from the homes by armed police. We consider this approach to be extremely confrontational and unnecessarily provocative to people who have already suffered so much.
It was confirmed in the French court that only 1156 alternative accommodation places were currently available in Calais and throughout France. The Jungle is home to over 5000 refugees of which 3,455 live in this southern section alone. A recent survey by L’Auberge des Migrants and Help Refugees found more than 440 children – of whom 291 are unaccompanied minors – live in the section that is being destroyed right now. Therefore there is nowhere near enough alternative accommodation being provided for the numbers that are being made homeless.
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இரப்புக் குடில்களைப் பற்றிக் கொண்ட தீ |
We also condemn the French court’s decision to demolish parts of the camp. We hope the humanitarian crisis created in Calais will reach a conclusion soon and that the French and British authorities will safeguard the basic human rights and safety of the people living there. Asylum is a right, and repression of refugees is a denial of democracy.
World | Mon Feb 29, 2016 3:17pm GMT Related: WORLD
Clashes break out as France begins clearing Calais migrant camp
Clashes with police broke out on Monday as work got underway to clear part of the shanty town outside Calais in northern France where migrants are trying to reach Britain.
Police fired tear gas around midday, about 150-200 migrants and activists threw stones, and three makeshift shelters were set ablaze, according to a Reuters photographer at the site.
Earlier, one person was arrested for trying to stop a group of about 20 workers under heavy police protection from clearing the site, where about 3,000 people are staying.
"The migrants are just going to run and hide in the woods and the police are going to have to go after them," said activist Francois Guennoc of the Auberge des Migrants migrant support group.
Regional Prefect Fabienne Buccio had said the police presence was needed because "extremists" could try to intimidate migrants into turning down housing offers or buses to reception centres.
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Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said last week that authorities would work with humanitarian organisations to relocate the migrants to a nearby park of converted shipping containers or other reception centres around France.
On Thursday, a judge upheld a government order to evict migrants living in the southern part of the camp, although a few makeshift buildings of social importance such as a school and a theatre are to remain untouched.
Thousands of migrants fleeing war and poverty, from Afghanistan to Syria, have converged on the northern port over the past year.
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Many attempt to climb illegally onto trains using the Channel Tunnel or into lorries heading to Britain where they hope to settle. Their presence has led to tension with some of the local population and to a permanent police deployment.
Earlier on Monday at another European migrant crisis flashpoint, Macedonian police also fired tear gas to disperse hundreds who stormed the border from Greece. The migrants had torn down a gate as frustrations boiled over at restrictions imposed on people moving through the Balkans.
தொடரும் வேலிகளும் தாண்டல்களும்! |
(Reporting by Pascal Rossignol and Pierre Savary; Writing by Leigh Thomas; Editing by Ralph Boulton)
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