The migrants France cannot move on: A month after their makeshift camp was cleared, 1,500 refugees once again sleep among the rocks meant to deter them under Paris bridge
- Some 2,800 people were removed from a makeshift camp in Paris' La Chapelle neighborhood in July
- Rocks were put up under the bridge to prevent people from returning, but now 1,500 are back
- Their makeshift camp is located near a migrant reception centre, but this is already full to the brim
At least 1,500 refugees and migrants are living in a makeshift camp underneath a bridge in Paris, just one month after French authorities cleared thousands from the site.
In July, some 2,800 people were removed from the site in the La Chapelle neighbourhood, and large rocks placed on the side of the motorway to prevent their return.
However, this week, dozens of tents could be seen erected among the rocks, with some using the boulders to build a makeshift roof over their heads, sleeping in the space between them.
New homes: A migrant sits underneath a railway bridge in a makeshift settlement in Paris' La Chapelle neighborhood on the city's northern edge
The makeshift camp is located next to an official refugee reception centre in Porte de la Chapelle, but this only admits 50 people, and those living there can only stay for a fortnight.
Since its opening last year, it has become a magnet for thousands, who end up setting up alternative homes in the streets nearby. Number of refugees in Paris have swelled since the destruction of the so-called 'Jungle' camp in Calais last year, when around 8,000 migrants were dispersed.
Today, officials in Calais announced that migrants in the area are getting access to toilets and showers, despite the city's determination to keep them away.
Recamp: Just a few weeks ago, some 2,800 men, women and children were evacuated from the same site in Paris
Against the odds: Despite huge rocks being placed underneath the bridge by the side of the road to stop people from setting up camp, the migrants and refugees have returned
Desperate: The makeshift camp is located next to an official refugee reception centre in Porte de la Chapelle, but this only admits 50 people, and those living there can only stay for a fortnight
The re-built migrant camp is located in the north of the city near to the railway tracks for the Eurostar service
The top government official for the region, Prefect Fabien Sudry, said in a statement Wednesday that ten toilets and seven water stations have been set up at an aid distribution site. He says more will be available by Monday.
The prefecture says the facilities will remain mobile to ensure Calais does not again become a magnet for 'an uncontrolled influx of migrants.'
Calais' mayor had threatened to defy a ruling ordering the government to help the hundreds of migrants gathered there, most hoping to reach Britain. The ruling said local authorities refusing migrants shelter and water was inhumane.
No way in: A group of young men walk around the tents in the encampment, which has sprung up in the past weeks
Migrants belongings hang on a stadium fence in the makeshift migrants settlement in the La Chapelle neighborhood
Making a home: The tents line the railway tracks and the road, with tents and mattresses spread out wherever there is space
Nowhere to go: Since its opening last year, the refugee reception centre in La Chapelle has become a magnet for thousands, who end up setting up alternative homes in the streets nearby
President Emmanuel Macron has pledged to continue the zero tolerance policy to illegal camps enforced by his predecessors.
Europe's migrant influx began in 2015, centering on Greece, where hundreds of thousands of people, many of them fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East and Afghanistan, crossed from Turkey.
The crisis receded in 2016 under an agreement with Turkey to clamp down on illegal border crossings.
However, EU authorities say the summer months have seen an increase in the number of people attempting to cross the Mediterranean, fleeing war and poverty in Africa and the Middle-East.
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Syria Army Clears Hasakah of ISIL Terrorists
The Syrian army announced on Saturday that it has full control over the eastern city of Hasakah after eliminating the last remnants of terrorists from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) who infiltrated into the city’s neighborhoods on June 25, Al-Alam News Network reports.
The Syrian army, air force, and the paramilitary National Defense Force on Saturday conducted a number of operations against ISIL terrorists in different provinces of the Arab country.
Field sources told SANA reporter in Hasakah Saturday that last night and early morning Saturday, an army unit conducted intensive operations against ISIL positions in Al-Zohour neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the city, which resulted in killing and injuring dozens of terrorists.
During last month, ISIL terrorists perpetrated massacres and crimes against the civilians of the province, destroyed a number of their houses and burnt SADCOP Company’s oil tanks which caused the loss of 16,200,000 liters of diesel.
Syria has been gripped by civil war since March 2011 with ISIL Takfiri terrorists currently controlling parts of it, mostly in the east.
The terrorist group claims as an independent state the territory of Iraq and Syria, with implied future claims intended over more of the Levant, including Lebanon, occupied Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, and Southern Turkey.
The US and its regional allies have been supporting the militants operating inside Syria for more than four years.
Syrian Army establishes control over Hasaka, areas in Hama, kills terrorists
Provinces, SANA, The army, air force, and national backing forces conducted Saturday a number of operations against terrorists in different provinces in the contry, establishing control over some, clear others, and destroy terrorists’ vehicles and dens.
Hasaka
The Syrian Arab Army, in cooperation with national supporting forces, established full control over the eastern city of Hasaka after eliminating the last gatherings of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria “ISIS” terrorists who infiltrated into the city’s neighborhoods on June 25th.
Field sources told SANA reporter in Hasaka Saturday that an army unit conducted, last night and early morning Saturday, intensive operations against ISIS dens in the Faculties of Economy and Civil Engineering to the east of Al- Zohour neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the city, which resulted in killing and injuring tens of terrorists.
The army units, backed national forces, checked and cleared the two faculties from explosive devices which ISIS terrorists planted in the facilities of the both faculties.
ISIS terrorists sabotaged and destroyed the infrastructure of both faculties and looted equipments and teaching devices, the reporter said.
ISIS terrorists perpetrated, during last month massacres and crimes against the civilians of the province, destroyed a number of their houses and burnt SADCOP Company’s oil tanks which caused the loss of 16,200,000 litres of diesel.
Daraa
Units of the army and the armed forces on Saturday destroyed dens and hotbeds of the Takfiri terrorist organizations in the southern Daraa province.
A military source told SANA that all members of a terrorist group were killed and their arms and ammunition were destroyed in a special operation carried out by an army unit on Friday night to the northwest of Tal al-Za’atar, 8 km from Daraa city.
The source added that many terrorists were also killed, most of them from Jabhat al-Nusra, in an operation carried out by a unit of the army against their hotbeds in the surroundings of al-Banin School in Daraa al-Balad neighborhood.
Meanwhile, the Takfiri terrorist organizations admitted on their pages on the social networking websites that a number of their members were killed.
On Friday, army units killed more than a hundred terrorists during operations against their dens and gatherings in Daraa city, al-Meleiha al- Gharbiya and the eastern outskirts of the city,
Quneitra
A number of terrorists were killed and their military equipment destroyed in operations carried out by the army units against their dens in al-Hamidyia village in the southern Quneitra province.
The source added that an army unit also destroyed arms and ammunition belonging to the Takfiri terrorists, killing scores of them in Jibbat al-Khashab village.
An army unit also carried out intensive bombardments against positions of the terrorist organizations in Ovania village, inflicting heavy losses upon them personnel and equipment.
Aleppo
The army air force destroyed the supply routes of Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist organizations in the countryside of the northern Aleppo province.
A military source told SANA that the army air force carried out intensive airstrikes against positions and supply routes of the Takfiri terrorist organizations on the direction of Bshantara –Kafr Dael in the western countryside of the province.
The source added that a convoy of terrorists’ vehicles was destroyed in the strikes and all terrorists onboard were killed, some of the vehicles were equipped with heavy machineguns.
Lattakia
50 Terrorists killed, most of them of non- Syrian nationalities, in strikes by the Army air force against dens and gatherings of terrorist organizations in Dweirshan, al-rawda, al-wadi and al-Durra in the northern countryside of Lattakia.
Hama
Units of the army establish control over Zaizoun station in the north western countryside of Hama after killing a number of terrorists and destroying their arms and ammunition.
On Friday, the army units established control over Ziyadia and Zayzoun towns in the countryside of Hama province after inflicting heavy losses among terrorists in personnel and weapons.
Field sources told SANA today that a unit of the army destroyed a gathering for terrorists in al-Madeq citadel town to the north-west of Hama.
The sources added that scores of terrorists were killed in the operation, among them leader of a terrorist group nicknamed as “Abu al-Dardar.”
Turkish warplanes kill civilians in Kurdish region’s Qandil
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Turkish fighter jets launched a fresh attack against Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Saturday, killing 10 civilians and injuring 11 others in the Qandil Mountains of the Kurdistan region, a Rudaw reporter at the scene said.
“We were all sleeping when the Turkish fighter jets bombarded our village,” Ismail Abdula Ghader, one of the injured civilians,said by phone this morning. The bombing targeted Zargali village in Rawanduz district, which is on the outskirt of the Qandil Mountains. The PKK was used the area as a stronghold for many years.
Ghader said the fighter jets dropped bombs over the civilians’ houses and killed six civilians instantly and injured seven others.
The Hurriyet Daily News reported Friday an intelligence source saying that 30 F-16 warplanes shelled 130 targets in the Qandil Mountains both inside the Turkey and in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The source also claimed that Turkish airstrikes have killed 190 PKK guerrillas and injured at least 300 others. The PKK has previously confirmed the death of four members because of the recent aerial attacks in Qandil.
Turkey claims its attacks are “in retaliation” for the killings of two Turkish police officers last week, for which the PKK claimed responsibility.
The latest conflict has possibly brought to a halt a peace agreement reached between Ankara and the PKK two years ago.
Since July 24, Turkish air force jets and artillery have kept up a wave of attacks against the PKK, including five rounds of airstrikes on Saturday that targeted the Qandil Mountains.
Syrian Army foils a terrorist attack at Tha’ala air port, establishes control over town in Hama, kills terrorists in other areas
Provinces, SANA- The army and armed forces units continued Friday combating terrorism in different areas of the country, killing and injuring scores of them and destroy their vehicles and weaponry.
Sweida
A Syrian Arab Army unit foiled a terrorist group’s attempt to infiltrate into the vicinity of al-Tha’ala airport in the countryside of Sweida province.
A military source told SANA that the clashes resulted in killing and injuring all of the assailants and destroying their vehicles and weaponry.
Another army unit prevented an infiltration attempt by terrorists from the direction of Tal Saad and the dump towards Tal Bouthaina, located around 35km northeast of Sweida city, killing many terrorists and destroying their weapons and ammo.
Daraa
More than a 100 terrorist killed in Daraa
Army units killed more than a hundred terrorist during operations against their dens and gatherings in Daraa city, al-Meleiha al-Gharbiya and the eastern outskirts of the city, after the units launched intensive strikes against terrorists’ gatherings south of Syriatel Buliding and the area surrounding Electricity Company in Daraa al-Balad in Daraa province, killing many of terrorists and destroying their ammo and weaponry.
The Army destroyed dens of “Jabhat al-Nusra” and” al-Muthanna Islamic Movement” in the southeastern part of al-Mliha al-Gharbia in the northeast countryside of Daraa.
A number of terrorists were killed, others were injured and their weapons and ammunition were destroyed during the operation.
An army unit eliminated many terrorists and destroyed their weapons in the area surrounding Tal al-Sheikh Hussein northeast of Daraa.
To the north of Daraa city, the army targeted with intensive strikes terrorists’ convoys in Ibta’a town and destroyed their vehicles, some of them equipped with machineguns.
Another army unit killed a number of terrorists and destroyed their weapons and ammunition during accurate strikes against “Saudi Palace” on Daraa Taffas road in the northern countryside.
The Army also killed many terrorists, injured many others and destroyed their weapons in the area surrounding Zimrin village to the northwest of Daraa city.
Army units killed members of “Jabhat al-Nusra” and” al-Muthanna Islamic Movement” and destroyed many of their vehicles during intensive strikes against their dens in Ataman town, east of al-Qassr al-Abyad rest stop and in Daraa neighborhood.
Quneitra
A number of terrorists were killed and others were injured during army operation against their dens and gatherings in Mashara village to the north of Tal al-Harra in Quneitra.
Lattakia
Meanwhile, other army units killed a number of terrorists in the villages of al-Kabir, al-Helweh and al-Durra in the northern countryside of Lattakia province.
An Army unit destroyed a mortar launcher and killed all its staff during intensive strikes against their gatherings in al-Kabir village in the northern countryside of the province.
Mohamed al-Sheikh Ali and Rajab al-Haj Jom’a were among those killed.
Homs
In central Syria,Army units eliminated several terrorists in Unk al-Hawa, Rahoom, al-Shandkhania al-Shamalia and al-Rastan in Homs countryside.
Aleppo
A military source said that army units destroy terrorist hideouts around the Air Force Academy and the Scientific Research center and in al-Rashidin, al-Mansoura, New Aleppo, al-Lairamoun, and Khan al-Assal in Aleppo and its countryside.
The source added that the army also prevented infiltration attempts by terrorists from in the directions of Khanasser, al-Safira, and Family House in the province.
Idleb
The Army’s Air Force eliminated a number of terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in Abu al-Duhour, Ariha, Jisr al-Shughour, Tal al-Sahn, Jannet al-Qura, al-Hamidiye, and Marj al-Zuhour in Idleb and its countryside, a military source said.
Hama
Army establishes control over Ziyadia and Zayzoun towns
Army units established control over Ziyadia and Zayzoun towns in the countryside of Hama province after inflicting heavy losses among terrorists in personnel and weapons, the military source affirmed.
Earlier on the day, army units eliminated large numbers of terrorists and destroyed their vehicles in Zeizoun, the Zeizoun station housing area, and al-Madiq Citadel in Hama countryside.
Syria: Dozens of Militants Killed in Failed Terror Attack
TEHRAN (FNA)- A failed terror attack on a makeshift army base outside the Syrian city of Aleppo has left at least 25 militants dead, reports said Saturday.
Three senior militant commanders were among 25 terrorists killed late Friday, said the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.
Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.
Syrian Army Retakes 2 Towns in Hama
TEHRAN (FNA)- Syrian army retook 2 towns in the countryside of Hama from the foreign-backed Takfiri militants.
The army regained control over the towns of Ziyadia and Zayzoun, and inflicted heavy losses on the terrorists, a military source said Friday.
Earlier, the army forces killed large numbers of terrorists, and destroyed their vehicles in Zayzoun, the Zayzoun station housing area, and al-Madiq Citadel in Hama countryside.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.
Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.
Syria in Last 24 Hours: Army Repels Terrorists’ Attack on Strategic Airport in Sweida
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army thwarted an attempt by the terrorist groups to take control of a strategic military airport in the province of Sweida.
The foreign-backed terrorists were pushed back from the surrounding areas of al-Tha’ala Military Airport in Sweida.
Tens of terrorists were killed and dozens more were injured in heavy clashes with the army over the control of the airport.
Also in the past 24 hours, the Syrian army made new gains in the countryside of Hama by winning back three strategic regions.
The army units seized back al-Masoura and Kharba al-Qanous towns as well as Savame al-Hoboub area in Sahl Dasht region in Hama countryside.
The Syrian army started fresh military operations against the Takfiri terrorists in Hama countryside on Thursday evening.
Meanwhile, army units destroyed the terrorists’ strongholds in Qastoun, al-Ankawi, Kafar Zeta in Hama countryside.
Also the local sources said that the army killed the so-called leader of Al-Nusra Front named Hassan al-Mohammad in al-Madiq Citadel in the Eastern parts of Hama.
Elsewhere, the Syrian Army gained the upper hand against the militants of al-Nusra Front and the ISIL in some parts of the Southern province of Dara’a.
Informed sources said that the Syrian soldiers’ operations against Takfiri terrorists of the ISIL in the nearby areas of Atman town in the Northern countryside of Dara’a province resulted in the killing and injuring of a number of them.
The army also inflicted heavy losses upon al-Nusra Front terrorists in the Eastern countryside of Dara’a city.
Abdel Qader Abdel Rahman al-Sharif, a senior rebel commander, was among the killed terrorists in the battlefield.
Meantime, informed military sources in the Southwestern province of Quneitra said that the Syrian Army cut the supply route of al-Nusra Front in the Northern parts of the province.
The sources said that the Syrian army has intensified its operations against strongholds of al-Nusra fighters in Quneitra and hit one of their main logistic routs near Taranja village.
The source added that the army also destroyed terrorists’ positions in the town of Mas’hara in the Eastern side of the province.
Also, the Syrian Army and popular forces, in joint operations, stormed the positions of al-Nusra Front across the costal province of Lattakia, and killed or wounded several fighters, the military sources announced.
The sources said that the country’s soldiers and popular forces pushed back Nusra militants from the nearby areas of al-Furolouq forests and Tal al-Araz in the Northern countryside of Lattakia and killed scores of them.
Elsewhere, scores of al-Nusra Front rebels were killed or injured in the joint operations of the Syrian Army and Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement in Zabadani.
The military sources said that the Syrian and Hezbollah forces seized control over Barada mosque and a number of buildings in the Southern edge of the city, killing a number of terrorists in the battlefront.
The army and Lebanese resistance advanced towards al-Shalah region into the direction of Za’atout street near al- Mahata and tightened the grip on the terrorist organizations.
The army operations ended up with the killing of a number of al-Nusra terrorists, including Mohammad Dalati, Mohamad Shahada and Osama Ali Hamdan.
Syria has been grappling with a deadly crisis since March 2011. The violence fuelled by Takfiri groups has so far claimed the lives of over 230,000 people, according to reports. New figures show that over 76,000 people, including thousands of children, lost their lives in Syria last year.
Over 3.8 million Syrians have left their country since the beginning of the crisis. According to reports, more than seven million Syrians have become internally displaced.
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