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| 'Jungle' immigrants tell stories | 'Jungle' immigrants tell stories |
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| A young migrant at the makeshift camp known as "The Jungle" near Calais. | A young migrant at the makeshift camp known as "The Jungle" near Calais. |
| French police have moved in to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port of Calais. | French police have moved in to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port of Calais. |
| Most of the illegal immigrants are Afghans trying to enter the United Kingdom. | Most of the illegal immigrants are Afghans trying to enter the United Kingdom. |
| BBC Pashto service has been in contact with some of the men living at the camp. | BBC Pashto service has been in contact with some of the men living at the camp. |
| Migrant 'jungle': Your comments | Migrant 'jungle': Your comments |
| LAZEM FROM LAGHMAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN | LAZEM FROM LAGHMAN PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN |
| "I am in France and some of our friends have been captured by the police but I managed to escape. | "I am in France and some of our friends have been captured by the police but I managed to escape. |
| Police have been raiding our camp and we haven't had any food in the last two days. Our conditions are very bad. | Police have been raiding our camp and we haven't had any food in the last two days. Our conditions are very bad. |
| Migrants protest to preserve their camp known as "The Jungle". | Migrants protest to preserve their camp known as "The Jungle". |
| We had some tents in the camp, but the water was contaminated and that's why some people had problems with diarrhoea and their skin was itching. | We had some tents in the camp, but the water was contaminated and that's why some people had problems with diarrhoea and their skin was itching. |
| We want to go to a country where we are safe, because the security situation in our country is not good. | We want to go to a country where we are safe, because the security situation in our country is not good. |
| We left Afghanistan and we came through Iran, we travelled to Turkey and then to Greece and from there to Italy, and then we came to France. | We left Afghanistan and we came through Iran, we travelled to Turkey and then to Greece and from there to Italy, and then we came to France. |
| Our wishes are to go to Britain to make a new life. We are not going there for money. | Our wishes are to go to Britain to make a new life. We are not going there for money. |
| If the situation in Afghanistan becomes good then we'll go back, but if we go back now our life will be in danger. | If the situation in Afghanistan becomes good then we'll go back, but if we go back now our life will be in danger. |
| We sold whatever we had, we sold our houses to make the money and look what happened to us now, it's better to die." | We sold whatever we had, we sold our houses to make the money and look what happened to us now, it's better to die." |
| ABDULHAI FROM URUZGAN, AFGHANISTAN | ABDULHAI FROM URUZGAN, AFGHANISTAN |
| "I was very young when I left Afghanistan. More than 100 people are children in this camp who are about 14 or 15 years old. People in Afghanistan think that young children have a better chance of being accepted. | "I was very young when I left Afghanistan. More than 100 people are children in this camp who are about 14 or 15 years old. People in Afghanistan think that young children have a better chance of being accepted. |
| French police move to clear migrants trying to reach Britain. | French police move to clear migrants trying to reach Britain. |
| I spent three years in Iran and then I spent six months travelling from Iran until I got to France. | I spent three years in Iran and then I spent six months travelling from Iran until I got to France. |
| We are asking the French government to give us asylum. | We are asking the French government to give us asylum. |
| We have nothing to go back to in Afghanistan and we are asking the French government to accept our children. | We have nothing to go back to in Afghanistan and we are asking the French government to accept our children. |
| These people here, they don't have anything back home, no house, no land, so how will they survive?" | These people here, they don't have anything back home, no house, no land, so how will they survive?" |
| ANONYMOUS FROM PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN | |
| 'Anonymous' is currently in Pakistan but he and his family want to settle in the EU. | |
| "We are sad as we spent so much money on helping to send my brother away. | "We are sad as we spent so much money on helping to send my brother away. |
| Our cousin initially helped us with the money. We were all very unhappy in the beginning, but he was insisting on going. | Our cousin initially helped us with the money. We were all very unhappy in the beginning, but he was insisting on going. |
| Finally we agreed to send him. We live in a refugee camp in Pakistan. | Finally we agreed to send him. We live in a refugee camp in Pakistan. |
| He was beaten in France and couldn't stay so he's had to come back. My brother was beaten by police, he had to stay in hospital for around 25 days. | He was beaten in France and couldn't stay so he's had to come back. My brother was beaten by police, he had to stay in hospital for around 25 days. |
| On the one hand we were happy that he came back home, but now we have to give the money back to my cousin. What can we do? | On the one hand we were happy that he came back home, but now we have to give the money back to my cousin. What can we do? |
| He could not work in Europe to help us and he was our only hope." | He could not work in Europe to help us and he was our only hope." |