The mayor of the French city of Calais, previously occupied by a spontaneous refugee camp “the Jungle”, in fact banned from distributing food to the migrants. Such a conclusion newspaper Le Monde made on the basis of the decision of the mayor Natalie Bouchard, which States about the ban on gatherings in the city.
Such a decision Bouchard took after Calais was visited by the Minister of internal Affairs of France Bruno Le Roux.
After the demolition of the camp in November 2016, several hundred migrants continue to stay in this French city and its surrounding areas, getting food aid from local humanitarian organizations.
One of the founders of such organizations “56 Utopia” (Utopia 56), which provides daily meals to refugee children, told the newspaper that he was “shocked at the cruelty of this decision.”
Thus, according to Le Monde, Bouchard wants to prevent the emergence of new spontaneous camps in Calais.
“Jungle” was the largest such camp of migrants in France. The number of its inhabitants reached 10 thousand people. Local residents have expressed dissatisfaction with the neighborhood with slums because of the sharply aggravated the crime situation here and the prevailing unsanitary conditions.