Hi I’ve been meaning to post this blog for a while but only just remembered about it. Hopefully ill be able to spark some last minute discussion.
Not so long ago in the news was the story about the refugee camp in Calais, referred to as the ‘jungle’, being shut down. Here was a place where people had fled their own countries (most of the migrants came from Afghanistan) to try and seek a better way of life. They end up in the make shift shelters in Calais where they live in constant fear of being deported to their own war torn countries. Although the living conditions here are poor it is a temporary home for the migrants. Politics has brought war to these countries homelands, encourage them to go to the ‘jungle’ and now kicks them out.
The link below shows a report done by the bbc and links to various radio reports in the area.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/8262800.stm
The embedded Charlie Chaplin video, although taking a comical approach to the matter, highlights how free we actually are in our mobility and how government controls where we can or cant live. While travelling this year I asked many of the locals if they had been to Britain and they exclaimed how they were not allowed visas. While we in Britain are free to travel in many ways, we must note that it is not a universal right.
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