FRANCE MUST PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION FOR MIGRANTS IN THE `CALAIS JUNGLE`, SAY UN RIGHTS EXPERTS
(WorldNews Switzerland)

16 October 2017 GENEVA, 16 October 2017 (Issued as received) - UN human rights experts* are urging the Government of France to devise long-term measures to provide access to safe drinking water and sanitation for migrants in Calais and other areas along the northern French coast. After the migrant camps in the vicinity of Calais, the so-called `Calais Jungle` were dismantled in November 2016, migrants continued to return to the area. Many of the migrants are living without shelter and proper access to drinking water, toilets or washing facilities. `It is worrying that approximately 700 migrants in Calais and the greater area of Calais temporarily rely on only 10 portable...