Child refugees sent from the demolished Calais “jungle” to supposedly safe welcome centres across France claim they have been pressed into forced labour. Legal interviews with unaccompanied minors dispersed from the refugee camp to France’s official reception centres have uncovered allegations that children have been forced into unpaid work and ordered on to farms to pick apples for French supermarkets. Youngsters said they were too scared to refuse the work because they feared it would harm their chances of claiming asylum to the UK. One of the teenage boys, based in a camp in northern France, said: “It is horrible. Facebook Twitter Pinterest The Calais ‘jungle’ was demolished nearly four weeks ago.

Source: The Guardian November 19, 2016 14:59 UTC