Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login
Afghan migrant leaves his shelter in the woods near the harbour of Calais
21 Sep 2009
Source: Reuters
 
An Afghan migrant leaves his shelter in the woods near the harbour of Calais, northern France, September 21, 2009. Following French Immigration Minister Eric Besson's announcement on September 16, 2009 declaring the closure of the "jungle" of Calais, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, hoped that appropriate measures will be taken to assure the protection of asylum seekers and unaccompanied children. Hundreds of undocumented foreigners, from countries affected by war and insecurity such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia, camp in makeshift settlements in the woods near Calais from which they stage nightly attempts to cross the English Channel in the hope of entering Britain, according to the U.N. High Commission for Refugees. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (FRANCE SOCIETY POLITICS CONFLICT)
REUTERS/PASCAL ROSSIGNOL


AlertNet news is provided by

Related articles

Breaking stories
Key points of U.S. commander's new Afghan assessment (1 minute ago)

US commander warns of "failure" in Afghanistan (1 minute ago)

AlertNet insight
More than 50,000 displaced in Khartoum's "worst" floods -IFRC (1 minute ago)

Aid agency news feed
Somalia: Conflict and drought leaves Mogadishu hungry (1 minute ago)

Blogs
Sex and War (1 minute ago)

Maps
IDP Shelter Map: Veerapuram, Sumathipura & Maha kongaskada Camps, Vavuniya District, Sri Lanka (1 minute ago)


Background information

Afghan turmoil - [Who works where]

Children Refugees & displacement
Somalia Afghanistan Iraq Sudan Eritrea
Landmine casualties (2007)
Chart for Landmine casualties

Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-09-21T085354Z_01_PR05_RTRIDSP_2_FRANCE-MIGRANTS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PR05.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-09-21T085115Z_01_PR04_RTRIDSP_2_FRANCE-MIGRANTS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PR04.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-09-21T084742Z_01_PR02_RTRIDSP_2_FRANCE-MIGRANTS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PR02.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-09-21T084727Z_01_PR03_RTRIDSP_2_FRANCE-MIGRANTS_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PR03.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-09-20T130918Z_01_BAG404_RTRIDSP_2_IRAQ-POLITICS-HAKIM_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/BAG404.htm

An Afghan migrant leaves his shelter in the woods near the harbour of Calais, northern France, September 21, 2009. Following French Immigration Minister Eric Besson's announcement on September 16, 2009 declaring ...


More pictures | Galleries

Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Mon Sep 21 08:58:27 2009