France plans to relocate the migrants in small groups around the country but right-wing opponents of Francois Hollande are raising the heat ahead of the election in April. Photo: AFPCalais: President Francois Hollande said on Monday that France will completely shut down “the Jungle” migrant camp in Calais and called on London to help deal with the plight of thousands of people whose dream is ultimately to get to Britain. Immigration was one of the main drivers of Britain’s vote this year to leave the EU. If France stopped trying to prevent migrants from entering Britain, Britain would ultimately find itself obliged to deal with the matter when asylum-seekers land on its shores a short distance by ferry or subsea train from France’s Calais coast. Hollande bluntly reminded Britain of that, saying that he expected London to fully honour agreements on managing a flow of migrants.

Source: Mint September 26, 2016 09:11 UTC