The mayor of Calais said the situation is out of control and France is at war

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She said: “About 2,500 migrants are living in one refugee camp, but then you have another area called the north zone, which should have been shut down a long time ago, which is run by people smugglers, No Borders, and activists, and another 4,500 or 5000 migrants live there.”

The mayor of Calais also said that the French Army needs to come and protect the camp and its surroundings and added: “There are not enough policemen protecting the area. I’ve been asking the government for more than a year now that they send the Army to protect the area surrounding the camp and the port.

“Right now, we have no idea who’s coming in and who’s coming out of the camp, and we don’t know the true identity of the majority of the people living there.”