MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The French authorities closed the main city port of Calais for several hours, after a number of migrants had been rescued from the water in an attempt to leave the nearby refugee camp, media reported Saturday.
According to the Sky News television broadcaster, the rescue operation was immediately launched, while the migrants have been taken to hospital.
The French port town of Calais has been hosting for months thousands of refugees from the Middle East and North Africa, who seek to travel via the Channel Tunnel to the United Kingdom, where they intend to apply for asylum.
In recent weeks, local authorities have repeatedly prevented Calais migrants' attempts to leave the camp.
