CHAMPTERCIER, France (Reuters) - Champtercier, a tiny hillside village in sunblessed southeastern France, was joined early on Thursday by dozens of migrants who fled their homes with a dream - now more remote - of reaching Britain.
The new arrivals were the first of about a hundred people being relocated to Champtercier from the "Jungle", a shanty town in the less clement northern climes of Calais, which was a base for migrants trying to get across the sea to Britain.
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