[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Two Afghan men who had spent several months in the squalid Calais camp, and years travelling, had now decided to go home to Jalalabad. They were awake before dawn and carrying the few possessions they had to register at the vast hanger. France has temporarily increased the aid to people wanting to make the journey home to their countries. Muhammad, 26, said: “I’ve tried. I’ve taken so many risks trying to get on the back of lorries. Better to die in my own country than here under a truck.”


No words ...

Why not claim asylum in France though?

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Why not claim asylum in France though?

How would I know? Maybe it isn't an option, I'm not a French official.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

How would I know? Maybe it isn't an option, I'm not a French official.

No, and you are not exactly sherlock Holmes neither...

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

How would I know? Maybe it isn't an option, I'm not a French official.

Isn't being at risk of death in your own country one of the main reasons people claim asylum? Of course it's an option if it's true

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Why not claim asylum in France though?

Benefits are'nt as good over there

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Benefits are'nt as good over there

So better to die then obv.

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

So better to die then obv.

No,Better to get asylum in France or any other safe country they've been through.Unless of course they're not refugees at all.Why do you think Britain is such an attractive prospect?

[arista]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

No,Better to get asylum in France or any other safe country they've been through.Unless of course they're not refugees at all.Why do you think Britain is such an attractive prospect?

Yes all around France.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

No,Better to get asylum in France or any other safe country they've been through.Unless of course they're not refugees at all.Why do you think Britain is such an attractive prospect?

Putrid smells, freezing temperatures, no sanitation, no security, and sometimes no hope.

The living conditions in the Calais refugee camp infamously dubbed the Jungle are so bleak that even asking people there why they do not want to stay in France seems odd.

"I do not want to stay in France for the same reason I did not want to stay in my home country. They do not treat us like humans here, they treat us like animals," a 35-year-old from Sudan said.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, explained that everyone in the Jungle just wants to be treated with dignity and respect — something they feel is not happening in France.


Dignity and respect?... you can tell he hasn't been here yet.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/calais...britain-2016-2

[bots]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

Putrid smells, freezing temperatures, no sanitation, no security, and sometimes no hope.

The living conditions in the Calais refugee camp infamously dubbed the Jungle are so bleak that even asking people there why they do not want to stay in France seems odd.

"I do not want to stay in France for the same reason I did not want to stay in my home country. They do not treat us like humans here, they treat us like animals," a 35-year-old from Sudan said.

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, explained that everyone in the Jungle just wants to be treated with dignity and respect — something they feel is not happening in France.


Dignity and respect?... you can tell he hasn't been here yet.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/calais...britain-2016-2

they would be treated with dignity and respect with good facilities if they went to the proper refugee centres in France rather than going to an illegal one in Calais looking for a sneak in to the UK. So the choice was always theirs ... they can't blame anyone but themselves for their living conditions.

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by bitontheslide

they would be treated with dignity and respect with good facilities if they went to the proper refugee centres in France rather than going to an illegal one in Calais looking for a sneak in to the UK. So the choice was always theirs ... they can't blame anyone but themselves for their living conditions.

And who is to blame for the conditions in the detention centres?