Jean visited the Red Cross Centre at Sangatte, near Calais, with other Green MEPs from the European Parliament last year. (pic available)
She says "Closing Sangatte, as David Blunkett is demanding, will not solve
the problems. Before the centre existed, there were asylum seekers camping in
Calais' parks. We need a different asylum policy in the European Union which
goes further than the Geneva Convention: a restrictive policy in some states
is no solution to the problems on the ground. By making legal entry into the
UK virtually impossible, our government aids the traffickers, and carriers liability
puts transport companies in an impossible position."
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