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France: Pro-refugee demonstrators decry Calais camps in Lille rally
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07.11.2015
Some 700 protesters gathered in Lille, Saturday, to show their support for refugees and to denounce the migrant camp in Calais. Protesters marched through the city centre chanting pro-refugee slogans, while holding banners decrying conditions in refugee camps around Europe. During the march, one protester began to heckle the protesters, but was quickly expelled. Thousands of migrants and refugees have settled in camps over the past year in Calais, waiting for a chance to cross the English Channel into the United Kingdom. Dozens of refugees attempting to make the trip died over the summer, as asylum seeker numbers swelled during the migrant crisis. During the height of summer, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond calling for an extra 100 border guards operating on the French side of the Channel Tunnel, bringing the total number of guards operational to the 300 mark.
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