Belgian PM urges France for Calais solution as migrants head for Belgium


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  • Wednesday, 27 Jan 2016

A French riot policeman stops migrants in a field near Calais, France, as migrants gather in the hopes of attempting to board lorries and making their way across the Channel to Britain, January 21, 2016. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The Belgian prime minister has urged France to find a solution to the sprawling camps sheltering thousands of Britain-bound migrants at its northern ports, saying the failure to do so was pushing growing numbers towards neighbouring Belgium.

The camp Calais, known as the "jungle" because of its makeshift, squalid conditions, is already a thorn in the side of France's diplomatic relation with Britain, with both sides trying to push responsibility for the migrants onto each other.

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