Police and bulldozers move in
French Calais now has lost its heart
Demolition can begin!
Migrants in this bidonville
Must be rehoused so buses wait
Disrupted lives with anguish fill
Uncertainty their only fate.
News spotlight on the plight of those
Compelled by constant war to flee
Who find themselves caught in the throes
Of this evacuation “spree”.
Displaced split families, single men
Children left to fend alone
All seek a better world – but when
Will they find a kinder home?
The Calais jungle will be razed
But many still seek England's shore
Is the Belgian border the next phase?
La Panne quakes; armed guards to the fore!
(c) Poet in the woods 2016
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