{"id":14695,"date":"2022-12-29T15:29:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T13:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/ascs-on-the-frontiers-of-europe-updates-from-the-france-great-britain-border\/"},"modified":"2023-02-17T15:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T13:59:42","slug":"ascs-on-the-frontiers-of-europe-updates-from-the-france-great-britain-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ascs.it\/en\/ascs-on-the-frontiers-of-europe-updates-from-the-france-great-britain-border\/","title":{"rendered":"ASCS on the Frontiers of Europe. Updates from the France-Great Britain border"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ASCS on the Frontiers of Europe. Updates from the France-Great Britain border<\/strong><\/h2><\/h2><\/div>
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For the project Borders <\/a><\/b>of ASCS, Davide Pignata and Emanuele Selleri spent a few days in Calais, a border area in northern France<\/b>. For the past few months the Scalabrinian fathers have opened a mission in this city. Here is David’s testimony. <\/i><\/p>\n

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Boulders in the town of Calais, wanted by the municipality to prevent people on the move and associations from stopping there.<\/p><\/div>\n

The green areas bordering the Calais River are covered with large boulders. Similar stones are also found on sidewalks and in some corners of the city. They are there to prevent people on the move from pitching a tent and spending a few nights. These large gray rocks imposingly indicate a leitmotif we have often found in Calais: “we don’t want to see migrants here.”<\/p>\n

In 2022 we are seeing far more crossings of the English Channel than in past years. By the end of November, more than 40,000 people had crossed the Canal in small boats [1]<\/b><\/sup>. However, this is not an indication of a less restrictive policy toward the migrant population at the border. On the contrary, cooperation between French and British border police is increasingly close and efficient[2]<\/b><\/sup>. Getting on a train, truck or large ship to cross the English Channel and thus arrive in Britain seems to have become almost impossible. In fact, both the port of Calais and the Channel Tunnel are bordered by barbed wire walls that run into the mainland for miles.<\/p>\n