PRESS RELEASE
EMBARGO 10AM FRENCH TIME, TUESDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER
As of 9am French time today 11 migrants in Calais started a highly visible hunger strike. The migrants, from regions including Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Palestine, and Egypt, say they will continue the strike until Western countries co-operate to offer them asylum. They are also demanding that no migrant in Calais is readmitted to Greece, Italy or Malta.