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About 350 migrants evacuated from camps in Calais

2022-05-13T09:49:05.835Z


The police evacuated around 350 migrants on Friday morning from camps in Calais, "calmly" according to the...


The police evacuated around 350 migrants on Friday morning from camps in Calais, "

calmly

" according to the prefecture, the associations denouncing forced shelters and seizure of migrants' property.

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For several weeks, more than 350 people had settled illegally in numerous camps in the Turquerie sector, a natural space located in the municipalities of Calais and Marck

”, writes the prefecture of Pas-de-Calais in a press release .

, pointing to problems of public peace and security and sanitation.

Court eviction order

The evacuation took place after the issuance of an eviction order by the judicial court of Boulogne-sur-Mer, seized by the owner of the land.

According to the prefecture, "

a proposal for shelter was made to all the migrants present in these camps and interpreters were on site

".

Migrants who accepted this proposal were “

directed towards the accommodation structures

” of the department.

Human Rights Observers (HRO), which documents these expulsions on the northern coast of France, conversely denounced to AFP "

forced sheltering

".

They are picking up everything, tents, personal items, food

,” a spokeswoman for HRO also said, saying preventing people from getting their tents was “

also a technique to force them to leave

. ".

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One of the evacuated camps is next to Transmarck's area of ​​activity, where a young migrant was found hanging in a trailer on Wednesday, she said.

In April alone, HRO recorded 127 evictions from informal living spaces in Calais and the seizure of at least 219 tents and tarpaulins.

Source: lefigaro

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