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Calais migrants clash with police, get teargassed ahead of camp’s final dismantling (VIDEO) Calais migrants clash with police, get teargassed ahead of camp’s final dismantling (VIDEO)
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Dozens of migrants near the French port of Calais clashed with police over the weekend. The slum-like camp known as the ‘Jungle,’ which houses thousands of migrants, is scheduled to be shut down and demolished next week.Dozens of migrants near the French port of Calais clashed with police over the weekend. The slum-like camp known as the ‘Jungle,’ which houses thousands of migrants, is scheduled to be shut down and demolished next week.
People from the Jungle threw stones at police on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, AFP reported. Law enforcement responded with tear gas.People from the Jungle threw stones at police on Saturday night and early Sunday morning, AFP reported. Law enforcement responded with tear gas.
The clashes came before the scheduled demolition of the camp that will begin on Monday. French authorities expect to remove all of the migrants and refugees from the site in approximately a week’s time.The clashes came before the scheduled demolition of the camp that will begin on Monday. French authorities expect to remove all of the migrants and refugees from the site in approximately a week’s time.
Thousands of police officers are expected to arrive in Calais to assist in the demolition in what the authorities call a “humanitarian” operation.Thousands of police officers are expected to arrive in Calais to assist in the demolition in what the authorities call a “humanitarian” operation.
Those who refuse to leave will be arrested, the Mirror reported, citing a letter distributed to the camp residents.Those who refuse to leave will be arrested, the Mirror reported, citing a letter distributed to the camp residents.
Up to 10,000 migrants, primarily from the Middle East and North Africa, are estimated to be living in the Calais camp near the English Channel. While most hope to cross the French-British border and get to the UK, they are set to be relocated to other reception centers across France and in other countries after being moved out of the Jungle, AP reported.Up to 10,000 migrants, primarily from the Middle East and North Africa, are estimated to be living in the Calais camp near the English Channel. While most hope to cross the French-British border and get to the UK, they are set to be relocated to other reception centers across France and in other countries after being moved out of the Jungle, AP reported.
Aid workers have been working to provide assistance to those who will be forced to move, but there have been concerns over a lack of information, according to AP.Aid workers have been working to provide assistance to those who will be forced to move, but there have been concerns over a lack of information, according to AP.
Claude Roche, from France’s center-right Union of Democrats and Independents (UDI), told RT that migrants staying in Calais’ so-called “Jungle” camp who are to be relocated to refugee shelters across the country “refuse to be assimilated.”
“They are not interested in France. They don’t speak a word of French,” Roche said, adding that if migrants want to find a place for themselves in the French society they must “become French,” which means to “adapt to the French customs and culture. “
Another factor that derails integration attempts is the common practice of the refugees to form closed communities which prevents them from becoming full-fledged members of French society, Roche said.
“We are not interested in their staying in too large groups, more than two families, there is no possibility [for migrants] to be integrated in French city life, because they will stay close together,” Roche said, adding that “their only project is to go to the UK.”
He believes that, that while there is no such problem as racism in France where people of different backgrounds live peacefully, French citizens oppose the camp because the roots of the problem go beyond humanitarian grounds and are more of a political nature.   
“The project of the mainstream political parties is to transform French society into a multicultural society, and France is not a multicultural society,” Roche said, adding that multiculturalism always leads to “fights and wars.”