If it wasn’t bad enough, Jude joins Jungle
JUDE Law led a group of British celebrities to the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais yesterday to draw attention to the plight of migrants facing imminent eviction – as the refugee crisis across Europe deepened further.
Fellow actor Toby Jones, playwright Sir Tom Stoppard and comedienne Shappi Khorsandi were among others who backed Law at the migrant camp.
He has helped organise a petition urging David Cameron to press France for a delay to the demolition of the southern section, which could start as early as tomorrow. More than 96,000 people, including 150 public figures, have signed the letter, which calls for children in the Jungle who have relatives in Britain to be reunited with their families while their asylum cases are heard.
The demolition by French authorities is part of efforts to discourage migrants from trying to smuggle themselves to Britain via the ferries or trains and lorries using the Channel tunnel.
It comes as Europe faces an escalation in the refugee crisis. Thousands of
migrants have forced their way into Hungary despite the 12ft razor-wire fence along its 110-mile border with Serbia.
More than 1,200 have been caught after cutting through or climbing over the barrier this month – four times as many as in December.
Prime minister Viktor Orban, who erected the fence in September, has accused most Western leaders of ‘denying the fact’ of a connection between the rising Muslim population and terrorism. Macedonia yesterday became the latest country to limit the nationalities and numbers of those allowed through.
Officials closed its southern border with Greece to Afghan migrants, allowing entry only for Iraqis and Syrians, increasing pressure on the authorities in Athens to stop arrivals who are not genuine refugees. More than 3,500 were left stranded at the border last night.