Illegal aliens set up camps in central Paris

^{Bashir Suleiman and Henry John. Both are Sudanese.}

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(Telegraph)  -  Hundreds of African migrants have set up camps in the heart of Paris after their efforts to cross the Channel from Calais were thwarted by British border controls.

About 500 people, mainly Sudanese, Eritreans and Ethiopians, have pitched blue and green tents on two sites, one on the banks of the Seine near Austerlitz railway station; the other near the Eurostar terminal at the Gare du Nord.

The first few tents appeared about a year ago, but the camps have expanded rapidly in recent weeks.

Bruno Morel, the head of the Emmaus Solidarité charity, which helps the migrants in Paris, said:
"These camps are growing. We can provide initial humanitarian relief, but we need solutions for housing."

A Paris official admitted that city authorities were struggling to find a permanent solution.

Bashir Suleiman, from the conflict-torn Nuba Mountains in Sudan, said he had returned to Paris from Calais because it was more difficult to find food in the northern French port, where more than 2,000 migrants are encamped in the hope of reaching Britain. 

"It's hard to cross the border and there are too many people in Calais," said Mr Suleiman, 36. "It's better here, they give us food and a doctor comes around every two days. Many people here have come back from Calais."

Henry John, 45, also from the Nuba Mountains, a remote, inaccessible area where Sudanese government forces reportedly dropped cluster bombs on civilian areas in February and March, said he had been in Paris for three weeks.

Asked about future plans, their smiles faded and they shrugged. "We would like to go to Britain," Mr John said. "There are many Nuba people there. We can do any job. Any job at all."

Both men were farmers in Sudan and speak English but no French. Yards from their tents under the Charles de Gaulle bridge, schoolgirls took part in an outdoor dance class, showing little interest in the migrants nearby.

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Illegal aliens living in tents under a subway bridge
in La Chapelle, Northern Paris