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LastFriday,FrenchpolicebegantearingdownahugecampinnortheasternParis.

ThecampwashomeforthousandsofAfghansandAfricans.Theirremovaltosheltersispartofagovernmentefforttostopmigrantsfromlivingonthestreets.

Themigrantcampwassometimescalled“Stalingrad”becauseitwasneartheFrenchcapital’sStalingradmetrostation.

Aidgroupssaidatleast3,000peopleoccupiedthecamp;however,broadcasterCNNsaidthenumberwascloserto4,000.

Mostmigrantsleavetheirhomecountriesinsearchofworkorabetterlife.ButmanyofthepeoplewholivedinStalingradareconsideredrefugees.Theywereforcedtoleavetheirhomecountrybecauseofwaroroppression.

SomemigrantsheldtheirpossessionswhilewaitingforbusestotakethemtoholdingcentersaroundIledeFrance,aFrenchprovincethatincludesParis.

DidierLeschiisthedirectoroftheFrenchImmigrationandIntegrationOffice.Hepromisedhisagency’steamswouldbepresentattheholdingcenters.Healsosaidlanguageaideswouldbeavailable.

ThemigrantswillbeabletostayinIledeFrancetemporarily.ThentheywillbesenttoreceptioncentersalloverFrance.Atthecenters,theywillbetoldhowtomakeanofficialrequestforasylum.

Orientationprocess

ThepoliceoperationtoclearStalingradcameaweekafterFrenchPresidentFrancoisHollandeorderedthedestructionofanothercampneartheportofCalais.

Thatcampwasknownas"theJungle."HundredsofmigrantsfledtoStalingradaftertheJungle’sdemolition.

CalaisisneartheEnglishChannel.ThousandsofmigrantsusedthecampasatemporarystopontheirwaytoBritain.

ManyriskedtheirlivesbytravelingthroughtheChannelTunnel,anunderwatertransportationlinkconnectingFrancetoBritain.

PresidentHollandesaid5,000migrantshadbeenevacuatedfromtheCalaiscampinthepastweekandsentto450centersaroundFrance.

HollandealsosaidhespokewithBritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMaytoensurethatBritishofficialswould"playtheirpart"inwelcomingthenewarrivals.

France’srefugeecrisis

Afterthedemolitionof“TheJungle,”Francebeganbusinganestimated1,500unaccompaniedyoungpeopletootherpartsofFrance.MostofthemwerefromSouthSudanandAfghanistan.

Theyoungsterswillbetakentotemporarysheltersaroundthecountry,whileBritishandFrenchofficialsconsidertheirindividualcases.

Peoplewholivedinthetemporarycampshavemadelonganddangeroustrips,oftenbyboat,toEuropefromSudan,Afghanistan,Syria,orothercountries.

TheterribleconditionsinFrance’smigrantcampshavebecomeasignofEurope'sworstrefugeecrisissinceWorldWarII.

France’sInteriorMinistertoldtheReutersnewsagencythat85percentoftheCalaismigrantsareexpectedtomeetthegovernment’srequirementsforasylum.

MigrantsintheJunglefacedseveresecurityandhealthproblems,suchasscabiesandtuberculosis,accordingtoastudyin2015.Awatersourcewasalsopollutedwithdeadlybacteria.

LeighDaynes,directorofcharitygroupDoctorsoftheWorld,toldTheGuardiannewspaperthatCalaiswasa“humanitarianemergency.”Theresidentswerealreadyhungry,hesaid.ButtheirsufferingwasmadeworsebecauseoftheirunsafeanddifficulttripstoreachFrance.

Hollandesaidhiscountryshouldnotacceptthecampsbecausetheyare“notworthyofFrance.”Theyarenotalong-termanswerformigrantsandrefugees,hesaid.

Amixedwelcome

ThroughoutFrance,peoplehaveshownmixedfeelingstowardtheCalaismigrants.Sometownshavebeenfilledwithprotestersforandagainstmigrants.Somelocalleaderslaunchedacampaignagainsttakingthemin.

ButsometownsaroundFrancearehappytoreceivethemigrantsfromCalais.Forexample,peopleinReimsofferedhotcoffeeandtreatsto29AfghansandSudaneseastheyarrivedinOctober.Residentshavebeencallingaidgroupstodonateclothesforthemigrantsandvolunteertheirservices.

PhilippeWattieristhedirectoroftheSalvationArmyofficeinReims.HesaidthatanumberofmigrantshaveapoorimageofFrancebecausemanypeople,includingpolice,havemistreatedthem.

Sometimes,therearethreatsofviolenceagainstmigrants.AlettertotheSalvationArmylastweekthreatenedtoburndownthebuildingswheremigrantsarestaying.

WattiersaidthehostilityintheletterissimilartofeelingsinotherpartsofEuropeandtheUnitedStates.

I’mJillRobbins.

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province-n.anyoneofthelargepartsthatsomecountriesaredividedinto

reception–adj.oforrelatedtoaplacewherepeoplearereceived,welcomedoraccepted

migrant–n.someonewhomovesfromoneplacetoanothertofindwork

tunnel-n.apassagethatgoesundertheground,orthroughahillormountain

unaccompanied-adj.inthecontextofthisstory,“unaccompanied”meanswithoutthepresenceofparents

play-part–expression.todowhatyoucanorshoulddotohelpreachagoal.Thestructureoftheexpressionis:play+possessivepronoun+part.

scabies-n.adiseasethatiscausedbysmallinsectsandthatcausesitchingandredspotsontheskin