Large slums developing in France

AG47

Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/PEPmh52m1y8


will the same slums start developing here in the UK?

Marktheshark

Even the best camera angle and selective editing can not hide the fact that most of the refugees are young men, we dont bet to see all these blue babys, what we do see is a lot of fit strong men arriving by the thousands.
The pictures can not lie.

PasturesNew

Conscription .... that'll stop them wanting to come here.

Generali

There's at least one major factual inaccuracy in the film. This is not a prosperous area of France. The Pas-de-Calais is probably the poorest district of mainland France.

societys_child

Listen, we can't do enough for these people . . . unfortunately


No matter how much you give, they'll always want more.

AG47

The slum is starting to look permanent

AG47

Amazing to think a growing slum is so close to London

kinger101

AG47 wrote: »

Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/PEPmh52m1y8


will the same slums start developing here in the UK?

I don't think this will happen here. If they get to the UK, they either claim asylum successfully, get deported (eventually) or disappear into the black economy. But getting here is the main obstacle.

They are mostly economic migrants. They would have very little chance of claiming asylum in France; even if they were genuine refugees, the French laws take a dim view of applicants who've traveled via a third country in which they could have made an application.

The upgrading of these slums to shanty towns is probably going to prolong their stay in France until the authorities finally decide to take decisive action (make them apply for asylum or be deported). As the reporter highlighted, the camp at Calais isn't all that different from living conditions in many parts of the world.

Although I'm not sure about whether we're taking a fair number of genuine refugees, I believe that Cameron's approach of accepting people who've only made the claim on the countries bordering warzones is the right approach.

CLAPTON

AG47 wrote: »

Amazing to think a growing slum is so close to London

is a slum in france better or worse than say a slum in Nigeria?
do they have more or less food
do they have more or less access to health care
do they have more or less access to education
do they have more or less access to paid employment

Mistermeaner

There's been slums in France for decades

Garethgrew

kinger101 wrote: »

I don't think this will happen here. If they get to the UK, they either claim asylum successfully, get deported (eventually) or disappear into the black economy. But getting here is the main obstacle.

They are mostly economic migrants. They would have very little chance of claiming asylum in France; even if they were genuine refugees, the French laws take a dim view of applicants who've traveled via a third country in which they could have made an application.

The upgrading of these slums to shanty towns is probably going to prolong their stay in France until the authorities finally decide to take decisive action (make them apply for asylum or be deported). As the reporter highlighted, the camp at Calais isn't all that different from living conditions in many parts of the world.

Although I'm not sure about whether we're taking a fair number of genuine refugees, I believe that Cameron's approach of accepting people who've only made the claim on the countries bordering warzones is the right approach.

They can't kill all those people, where can they move them to?