French authorities have dismantled a migrant camp in Nantes and moved the 400 migrants to City Hall where they will be processed – those who don’t qualify for asylum will be asked to ‘leave the territory’.
The courts ordered the camp to be evacuated on the grounds of public health and safety.
Il y a encore une heure c’étaient les tentes de Michael, Tekie et Kemal… #squareDaviais #Nantes pic.twitter.com/CKUilDFOTN
— Marion DUBOIS (@delabuche) July 23, 2018
The judge said: “The conditions of health and public health remain particularly degraded on the site.”
He was particularly concerned about the “small space” in which the migrants lived and their lack of access to sanitary facilities.
Apparently asylum claims in Nantes rose by 28% in a year.
After evacuations in Paris, it now looks like this is a scheme that’s being rolled out across France. The European Union’s mishandling of the migrant crisis has been a disaster and the authorities are now having to deal with the consequences.