CALAIS France (Reuters) - Illegal migrants in the French port city of Calais protested on Friday over what they said was police violence and worsening humanitarian conditions, days after a group was foiled in a bid to storm a ferry bound for Britain.
Calais has long been a magnet for illegal migrants trying to reach Britain. But local authorities say their numbers have shot up by 50 percent in recent months to around 1,300 as migrants flood into Europe fleeing humanitarian crisis in the Middle East, northern and eastern Africa.
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