Regarding the proposed building of a wall in Calais to stop refugees crossing over to Britain, CSAN have released a statement;
CSAN believes investing more money in security at the port and Channel Tunnel falls short of a long-term solution to the growing problems at Calais.
The camp at Calais, as the Government has acknowledged, is a symptom of a wider international crisis. Britain’s contribution to resolving this crisis will not be improved by a wall.
Building a wall would symbolise Britain shutting itself off from the 9,000 vulnerable people living on one meal a day in poor conditions on our doorstep. As Pope Francis said in April, to achieve peace, "the greatest obstacle to be removed is the wall of indifference”.
Catholic charities working with refugees and in the Calais camp have reported an extraordinary response to their calls for donations and aid to be sent to Calais, which is evidence of the continuing resolution among the British people to see the residents of the camp treated with dignity.
We reiterate our call for Government responses to the situation at Calais to begin with respecting the human dignity of residents of the Calais camp.
