Ethiopians who fled over land rights now face eviction from Calais "Jungle" - News Summed Up

Ethiopians who fled over land rights now face eviction from Calais "Jungle"


By Sally HaydenCALAIS, France, Oct 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Deep in the Calais "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France, hundreds of Oromo Ethiopians set up their own school. Now Solan and hundreds of his fellow Oromo in the Jungle face eviction once again. ASYLUMThe U.N. refugee agency UNHCR said everyone in the Calais camp would be offered the chance to be transferred to a reception centre where they could apply for asylum. "We are not searching for a better country, we are here (in Calais) because England accepts Oromo people." "I am asking for everybody to stay with us, to support us, to save our children, to save our home, to save our story, to save our land," he said.


Source: Ethiopian News October 24, 2016 11:40 UTC



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