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on October 29, 2016 in World News

Calais Migrants Vow to Escape ‘Racist’ France, Reach UK for ‘Big House’ and Fellow Afghans

by Virginia Hale Despite the clean, safe, accommodation on offer for them across France, migrants moved from the Calais “jungle” say they are more determined than ever to reach the UK. France’s refusal to grant them large city dwellings, and the desire to be surrounded by their own countrymen are some of the reasons cited by migrants who say they are undeterred in their efforts to live in Britain. Afghans who have been moved from Calais to the countryside say they loathe France and the food and shelter provided by the country’s taxpayers, who one 18-year-old says are “racist”....

by Virginia Hale Despite the clean, safe, accommodation on offer for them across France, migrants moved from the Calais “jungle” say they are more determined than ever to reach the UK. France’s refusal to grant them large city dwellings,...

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