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The evacuation of the Grande-Synthe camp took place on Tuesday, November 16. The prefect of the North announces the next evacuations, but they do not solve the basic problem of these people, who seek at all costs to reach England.
Forced departure on the morning of Tuesday, November 16, for nearly a thousand migrants who saw the police disembark in their makeshift camp, in Grande-Synthe (North). Some fled at dawn, as the rumor of an evacuation had swelled for several hours. They have joined the forest. 600 other people got on buses to reach centers ofaccommodation emergency.
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 failed. He discovers with amazement that the camp has been dismantled. “My heart is destroyed. Our tent is our home, for me and my family “, confides a woman. Following the evacuation, only scattered belongings remain, when they are not crushed by machines. The dismantling, presented as an operation of sheltering, is useless according to the associations. “It is not a solution because the people who are here, they will come back. It is gratuitous and unnecessary violence “, considers Marie Chapelle, coordinator Utopia 56. Near the camp in the evening, migrants have already returned and are preparing to sleep there.