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In Grande-Synthe (North), a camp of nearly 1,000 migrants was evacuated Tuesday, November 16, at dawn. The authorities speak of sheltering rather than dismantling.
On November 16, in the early hours of the morning, the police raided the Grande-Synthe migrant camp in the north. A police operation which took place in peace. In this camp where most dreamed of reaching the United Kingdom, it’s a cold shower. Some now don’t know where to go. In total, just over 600 migrants boarded buses to be installed elsewhere or in the department of North.
In this camp of Grande-Synthe lived, until this morning, a thousand people, who still dream of reaching England. A group attempted to cross the English Channel during the day, but has failed. He discovers with amazement that the camp has been dismantled. “My heart is broken. Our tent is our home, for me and my family“, confides a woman. Since 1999, the northeast an indirect player in the migration crisis. That year, the authorities set up a camp to accommodate refugees from Kosovo. The situation will become unmanageable after arrival refugees Afghans and Iranians. If the camp was closed in 2002, other makeshift camps were created in the department, to the point of forming the Calais jungle.