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Christian migrants from Eritrea and Ethiopia attend the Sunday mass at the makeshift church in “The New Jungle” near Calais, France, August 2, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
by Michel Abu Najm | Oct 23, 2016 | Features
Calais (North France)- Many have written about the camp, which is known as “the Jungle,” and was built at the northern area in Calais, whose port is only 42 km away from Britain. French and global media have continuously published pictures of those desperate people...
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French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech after a meeting with officers of the French Gendarmerie in Calais as part of his visit to the northern French port. Thibault Vandermersch/ Reuters
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Oct 1, 2016 | World
French police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse some 200 migrants and activists after clashes broke out Saturday as they attempted to hold a banned rally outside the squalid “Jungle” camp in Calais, local authorities said. Three police officers...
