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| Chaos, riots as France dismantles Calais migrant camp called the 'Jungle' |
| 2016-03-03 |
| [USATODAY] Rahmanjan Safy scrambled to salvage anything valuable from the demolished tents and makeshift shelters at this Calais migrant camp Wednesday, even as riot police and bulldozers destroyed the site. Food, clothing, spoons -- he picked up everything he could find. Safy, 25, from Jalalabad, Afghanistan, has been in La Belle France since 2009. He once lived in this camp but now works with an organization that helps the "I once was in the same situation as them," he said. "I never forgot. I want to help them." A judge gave the green light last week for the French government to tear down part of the Calais "Jungle," as the camp is commonly called, but riots broke out this week amid the resulting chaos. Police and bulldozers began pushing Camp residents fought back, starting fires and attacking police with rocks. The situation Wednesday was calmer, if not less tense. Confusion, uncertainty and sorrow still hang over the camp and the people who have no place to go. |
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| #4 Hint - "Paris is worth a mass" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-03-03 19:35 |
| #3 Chaos in the Jungle? Well, that's alright by me. |
| Posted by: JHH 2016-03-03 13:07 |
| #2 Sorrow in the jungle. There is a song there------somewhere. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-03-03 12:24 |
| #1 Somehow I just can't feel sorry for them. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2016-03-03 01:44 |