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| EU migrant crisis: Calais protest to demand Jungle closure | EU migrant crisis: Calais protest to demand Jungle closure |
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| Thousands of protesters in the French town of Calais are to demand the closure of the migrant camp known as the Jungle. | Thousands of protesters in the French town of Calais are to demand the closure of the migrant camp known as the Jungle. |
| They plan to block main roads and form a human chain on the road to the port. | They plan to block main roads and form a human chain on the road to the port. |
| More than 7,000 people now live there, in squalid conditions. Many of them try to jump on lorries to reach Britain. | More than 7,000 people now live there, in squalid conditions. Many of them try to jump on lorries to reach Britain. |
| Protesters say the camp undermines the town and causes disruption at the port. This is set to be the largest protest local people have held against it. | Protesters say the camp undermines the town and causes disruption at the port. This is set to be the largest protest local people have held against it. |
| The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, plans to join in as she says the situation is becoming unbearable. | The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, plans to join in as she says the situation is becoming unbearable. |
| Those living in the camp, who are mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel, often using people traffickers to try to enter illegally. | Those living in the camp, who are mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel, often using people traffickers to try to enter illegally. |
| Earlier this year, demolition teams dismantled huts in the camp as part of an effort to close it down. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Sunday that the government still intends to shut the camp. | |
| Last week the UK and France pledged to work together, increasing security at the port of Calais, improving the humanitarian situation for the thousands of homeless people there, and returning illegal migrants who were judged not to be in need of protection to the countries they came from. | |
| A few days later, campaigners said they had identified nearly 400 unaccompanied children in the camp who were eligible to move to the UK. They urged the UK government to take those children in. The UK has already committed to giving 150 children a home in 2016. | A few days later, campaigners said they had identified nearly 400 unaccompanied children in the camp who were eligible to move to the UK. They urged the UK government to take those children in. The UK has already committed to giving 150 children a home in 2016. |
| One Sudanese asylum seeker inside the camp told the BBC he was saddened by the way local people viewed them, and said all the migrants wanted was to live in peace after escaping from conflict. | One Sudanese asylum seeker inside the camp told the BBC he was saddened by the way local people viewed them, and said all the migrants wanted was to live in peace after escaping from conflict. |