mushroom25
here's something else new year-related that was ignored by the british media:-
http://lci.tf1.fr/france/faits-divers/calais-sept-blesses-lors-d-affrontements-entre-migrants-8541617.html
Translated to English.
/// Important facts diversUne brawl pitted in the night from Friday to Saturday nearly 200 migrants in Calais requiring the intervention of CRS . During the clashes , seven people were injured. ///
/// Clashes between about 200 migrants broke out in the night from Friday to Saturday in Calais, killing seven minor injuries , will we learned Saturday from sources. " This is an important fight that has implicated about 200 migrants. There has already been on this scale ," he told AFP Nicolas Honoré , sub-prefect of Bethune in the Pas -de- Calais , confirming a report of "La Voix du Nord" . The fights took place during part of the night in the area of dunes and relative calm returned around 3 am with the intervention of CRS has is it the same source . The seven wounded were evacuated by firefighters .///
/// According to the association the Inn of migrants , which distributes food to the migrants , tensions and fights began Wednesday, December 31 between African and Afghan migrants . "Guys are energized because there was no truck going in England that night (due to New Year's Eve , ed) ," said Christian Salome. Wednesday is traditionally one day awaited by migrants as trucks left the Eastern Europe Monday cross the Channel on Wednesday , offering them opportunities for smuggling . " Some have alcohol , including Africans , which could generate tensions with Afghans who do not drink ." At the end of Friday meals, which are offered by the association from 13h to 17 h 30 , the first fight broke out before the reprisals continued overnight. "With the rainy weather that we have today , minds should calm down ," Mr Salome said. ///
/// About 2,300 migrants , mostly Sudanese, Eritreans and Syrians living in tents in Calais where they try to enter Britain. The large hangar opened in Calais on December 26 to allow migrants to protect themselves from the cold was closed Friday by the prefecture because of the rise in temperatures . The opening of a day care center for migrants in Calais , including showers and toilets , is scheduled for April, in ventilated facility made available by the municipality. ///