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Camp closure 'won't end problem' Camp closure 'won't end problem'
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Refugee campaigners have welcomed the closure of the camp known as the 'Calais jungle', but warn the problem will shift elsewhere.Refugee campaigners have welcomed the closure of the camp known as the 'Calais jungle', but warn the problem will shift elsewhere.
"It is quite right that it should be shut down," said Dan Hodges from the charity Refugee Action."It is quite right that it should be shut down," said Dan Hodges from the charity Refugee Action.
"But while it is possible to sweep away the camp, you can't simply sweep away the problem.""But while it is possible to sweep away the camp, you can't simply sweep away the problem."
He says the French government must take responsibility and let the migrants claim asylum or help them return home.He says the French government must take responsibility and let the migrants claim asylum or help them return home.
'Repeat' warning'Repeat' warning
The chief Executive of the Refugee Council, Donna Covey, said the big question was what happened to the migrants now.The chief Executive of the Refugee Council, Donna Covey, said the big question was what happened to the migrants now.
"We're particularly concerned that there are women and unaccompanied children in the camp as well.""We're particularly concerned that there are women and unaccompanied children in the camp as well."
"And what we need is for all of these people to be looked at individually. For some of them the right thing is to claim asylum in France. For others it's to go back to their country of origin," she commented."And what we need is for all of these people to be looked at individually. For some of them the right thing is to claim asylum in France. For others it's to go back to their country of origin," she commented.
Hundreds of asylum seekers merely moved to the dockside of Calais. The liquidation of the jungle will have the same transitory effect Keith Best, Immigration Advisory ServiceHundreds of asylum seekers merely moved to the dockside of Calais. The liquidation of the jungle will have the same transitory effect Keith Best, Immigration Advisory Service
Makeshift camps sprang up in Calais following the closure of the Red Cross camp in Sangatte in 2002. Migrant charities warn that things will be no different this time.Makeshift camps sprang up in Calais following the closure of the Red Cross camp in Sangatte in 2002. Migrant charities warn that things will be no different this time.
"I remember seven years ago when former Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and the then French Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, congratulated themselves on the closure," Keith Best of the Immigration Advisory Service said."I remember seven years ago when former Home Secretary, David Blunkett, and the then French Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Sarkozy, congratulated themselves on the closure," Keith Best of the Immigration Advisory Service said.
"But the hundreds of asylum seekers merely moved to the dockside of Calais. The liquidation of the jungle will have the same transitory effect," he comments."But the hundreds of asylum seekers merely moved to the dockside of Calais. The liquidation of the jungle will have the same transitory effect," he comments.
Mr Best says it's very difficult to claim asylum in France, and the French are not playing their part despite their obligation under the Geneva Convention.Mr Best says it's very difficult to claim asylum in France, and the French are not playing their part despite their obligation under the Geneva Convention.
The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has welcomed the camp's closure, but says Britain will not take in any of the migrants.The Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, has welcomed the camp's closure, but says Britain will not take in any of the migrants.
He says genuine refugees should apply for asylum where they entered the UK, or be helped to return home. He says genuine refugees should apply for asylum where they entered the EU, or be helped to return home.