Hollande urges UK to help resolve migrant crisis after visits Calais Jungle
The French president wants to move refugees to reception centres across France so that they can be provided asylum.
Francois Hollande visited Calais in northern France on Monday (26 September) just two days after laying out plans to close the Jungle camp that houses at least 9,000 refugees in the port city.
During the visit he said that the camp must be completely closed and urged the UK to play its part in resolving the refugee crisis.
Earlier on Saturday, the French president had said that the camp will be closed as migrants hope to cross the border and enter the UK in passing lorries, which has resulted in a number of deaths. He added that the migrants would be moved to reception centres across France.
He was criticised for the poor condition of the migrants mostly from...