Truckers block Calais to demand closure of refugee camp

‘French farmers and truckers have converged on northern port city of Calais from the north and south in an effort to push for the closure of a refugee camp in the county.
Some 70 trucks launched the joint operation on Monday to block off main routes in and out of Calais, with at least 200 farmers on their tractors joining them.
The protesters demand the French government to close the camp, where as many as 7,000 refugees are living in the appalling conditions in the hope of crossing the underwater Channel Tunnel to reach Britain.’
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