Don’t stop me now: The Calais ‘jungle’ & No Borders Camp

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Don’t stop me now: The Calais ‘jungle’ & No Borders Camp

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French Immigration Minister Eric Besson today (17 September 2009) announced that he will clear the makeshift tents in Calais nicknamed ‘the jungle’ by the end of this week. An exclusive, but gut-wrenching filmed report launched today by WORLDwrite reveals the true plight of the 1,000 plus migrants who reside in the jungle, and captures the incredible journeys they have made to get there.  While Besson claims clearing the ‘jungle’ is a humanitarian act, the report clearly shows that this is an incredible lie.

Besson’s clearing operation will involve clearing away people – yes people - who have travelled thousands of miles and who have nowhere to sleep.  The migrants in the ‘jungle’ are mainly young kids, who have no money, no papers and no family with them.  Besson’s disgraceful initiative to preserve UK border controls is guaranteed to provide further hell for the aspirant young migrants whose only crime is wanting to make a better life for themselves. Besson is not offering migrants’ accommodation but is promising repatriation.

As well as making this short report, the charity WORLDwrite is demanding that the British government immediately calls upon the French Government to stop the clearance and rounding up of migrants and lifts UK border controls to allow migrants in to the UK.

The report has been made by volunteer Onyeka Igwe, who travelled across the channel to investigate the ‘jungle’, speak to migrants and to challenge the government’s draconian immigration controls.

Onyeka visits the ‘jungle’ where many asylum seekers, even those as young as 13 years old, are forced to live like animals and risk everything, day after day, to better their lives. With poignant interviews, Onyeka captures the mood of the No Borders Camp and rally, shoots faceless and armed policemen and hears from those who refuse to let their circumstances stop them now.