Calais humanitarian helper shocked at actions of police

A woman who helped establish an online radio station for refugees in the encampment in Calais, France, has said she was “shocked and horrified” by attempts by the French authorities to disperse the migrant settlement.

Kathy O’Hare, who returned from volunteering on Wednesday, criticised how the authorities tried to clear the camp and how they handled the relocation of the thousands of migrants who lived at there.

“It was very surreal to watch the camp being bulldozed by the French authorities, who had gone to court to get an order to handle the matter humanely. There was nothing human about what happened Monday morning, I was shocked and horrified by what I witnessed,” she said. Ms O’Hare said trouble started as she was working on the digital radio station within the camp.