Paris, January 13 (RHC)-- French authorities have opened new temporary shelters to house some of the people living in France’s largest refugee camp.
Thousands of people in the port city of Calais have been camped out in makeshift tents in what they call the "jungle." Their goal is to reach Britain by jumping on top of or inside trucks.
Officials have now unveiled shipping containers that can hold up to 1,500 people; they are equipped with heat, but no water or sanitary facilities. One Afghan resident objected to the new lodgings, saying residents are fingerprinted and "it’s like a prison."
