‘Second Calais’ grows in France as Macron pledges to rid country of migrant camps

‘Violence, alcohol abuse and reports of rape have become a daily routine for people in and around an illegal migrant camp in the town of Metz in north-eastern France, where “a second Calais” is said to be emerging.
Reports of appalling living conditions have been emanating from Metz, where hundreds of migrants have set up camp. Although the illegal site has been dismantled several times, more people arrive and start it all up again.
“The city of Metz was not prepared for the camp. The authorities emptied it, but now there are 700 refugees back there again. It’s becoming a second Calais,” a concerned local woman told RT’s Charlotte Dubenskij.
“This problem has to be addressed quickly, for their sake as well as for us,” another local woman said. Even aid workers don’t feel safe at the camp which has been dubbed a “humanitarian slum.”
“There is a problem with alcohol and violence. Even as an aid worker, I’ve faced problems. They don’t have food, but they manage to get hold of alcohol. We don’t know how to handle the situation. There is not enough security for the number of people here,” an aid worker at the Metz camp told RT.’
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