Aid workers in the port town of Calais are expressing worry over a lack of information ahead of Monday's scheduled dismantling of France's slum-like migrant camp. French authorities have said they plan to relocate the 6,486 people still staying at the camp to reception centers across the country or abroad as a "humanitarian" operation.
The camp's closure is expected to last a week.
French teacher Michel Abecassis said Saturday he's concerned many "don't know exactly where (the) reception centers are located" or "how many people there will be."
| Is there a reason why a teacher would need to know this? |
Benedictine monk Johannes Maertens says it also remains unclear what will happen to many minors who want to go to the United Kingdom if they are refused entry.
| They won't be going to the U.K. |
| Fun fact: over the past decade almost half of those admitted to Britain as asylum seekers have been over the age of eighteen, according to The Daily Mail. |
plans to assign teenagers remaining in the country to special reception centers. |