French authorities have cleared nearly 4,000 people from Paris’s biggest makeshift migrant camp, insisting those moved would be given shelter, food and support, and helped with asylum applications. Facebook Twitter Pinterest A Red Cross volunteer counts people as they arrive to be sheltered in a former retirement home in Sarcelles, north of Paris. Today, I’m afraid for them.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo (centre), arrives during clearance of the camp in Paris. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tents on the Avenue de Flandre in Paris, one of several camps that have sprouted up around the French capital. The number of migrants living rough increased to a record number after the closure of the Calais camp last week.

Source: The Guardian November 04, 2016 15:05 UTC