French police have used teargas and water cannon on migrants during clashes in the infamous Jungle refugee camp in French port of Calais on Tuesday night. Tensions on previous nights led to dozens of injured officers.
"Two hundred and fifty police officers, of which the majority were CRS [riot police], were mobilized Tuesday" to end the disturbances around the migrant camp, said Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet, as cited by AFP.
The most violent clashes took place on Sunday night. At least 26 officers were injured in stand-off with refugees who were throwing rocks at them, Gilles Debove, from the Calais branch of the SGP Police-Force Ouvrière union told the Local.
"This is the first time that it has been so violent and that we've had so many injured colleagues, unfortunately," he said. "The problem is you can't predict what will happen here. We work from day to day.”
AP, however, said that 27 officers were injured in clashes, with 11 on early Tuesday. France TV reported 28 injured police.
Det kunne jo være at de skulle se at tage fløjelshandskerne af og se at få håndteret disse frastødende voldelige migranter noget mere effektivt. Ufatteligt at disse migranter kan få lov til at ødelægge, svine og terrorisere alt og alle i Calais.
