President Emmanuel Macron's government has made no secret of its determination to prevent the emergence of a new "Jungle" as the sprawling Calais shantytown that housed up to 10,000 migrants before being demolished in 2016 was known.īut the head of the national immigration office, Didier Leschi, said that the government would soften its approach.
Over the past five years French authorities have been waging a relentless campaign to prevent migrants setting up camps in Calais, where hundreds of people are living in the woods, under bridges or on wasteland while trying to hatch plans to reach Britain. The announcement comes 23 days into a hunger strike by an elderly Calais priest over the plight of homeless foreigners in the port city, a key hub on the migrant trail to Britain.
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