MOSCOW, March 3 – RIA Novosti. UK will provide additional financial assistance to France in solving the migration crisis in the port city of Calais, which is a spontaneous refugee camp dubbed “the jungle”, in the amount of about 20 million euros, said the Secretary of State of France Harlem Désir
“There are approximately 20 million more”, -. Desir said in a broadcast RFI radio station, adding that at the moment the UK aid is 60 million euro
Desir. also noted that due to the additional funds from the UK will be possible to strengthen the “security zone access to the tunnel (Eurotunnel under the English Channel – Ed.) and Calais port area.”
On Monday, the French government launched the partial demolition of a natural migrant camp in Calais, known as “the jungle”. According to the local prefecture to be demolished in the southern part of the camp live between 800 and 1,000 workers. In the northern area, “town” are up to 3.5 thousands of refugees. During the demolition of the camp, police used tear gas against migrants.
Illegal migrants living in the north of France, looking for any opportunity to cross the English Channel and to be in the UK. Now the French Calais, which begins Eurotunnel are several thousand workers. Their number has increased significantly in recent years. Most of the migrants fled to France from Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia.
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