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AS a French court ruled more than 1,000 desperate migrants and refugees can be forced out of the ‘Calais Jungle’ a Witney Conservative Party campaigner has called on the Prime Minister to help people trapped in the camp. Former chairman of the town’s Conservative youth wing, Liam Walker, penned an open letter to David Cameron after visiting the camps last weekend with Witney aid group Crying out for Calais. More than 5,000 people are living in the camp across the English Channel with many

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By Alex Ballinger hoping to start a new life in Britain after being displaced by famine and confl ict. In his letter Mr Walker said: “I think that you should do our country a great justice and welcome the unaccompanied children of the camp in Calais into the United Kingdom. “Let’s now truly lead the way and work with the French authorities to ensure no more children risk their lives, that no more people have their homes in the camp destroyed without other accommodation being

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provided. I entered the camp knowing very little about the place and just how serious the crisis there is. “On Sunday I witnessed conditions that I have never in my life seen before, but despite all the difficulties each person has in their own lives they were all so welcoming to us.” Crying out for Calais was set up by Witney couple Andy and Hannah Bailey last year to try and support those living in appalling conditions in the camps. V Í ÖjÄË Ë¬?~jËÏ


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