Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Have just returned from a journey via Lille and noted that there were an increasing number of dwellings within Calais's dunes but what was a total surprise was a very large and new campsite within the urban confines of Lille.This new development will surely put pressure on the local politicians to seek an answer to this problem and our politicians should be aware of this.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
When you say campsite Ken do you mean one set up by the local authority or just stuff thrown together on land that is empty by would be migrants?
Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
- Posts: 513
Your second option Howard. These camp sites are a feature of many parts of France especially Paris. The authorities destroy them but they appear elsewhere very quickly. I have seen them in both Spain and Portugal, it is not the camps I have a problem with but one must have sympathy with those residents nearest the sites as they become the victims of both theft and begging as this is the only way camp residents can survive.
