PARIS
— The migrant crisis in France has shifted from the “Jungle” of
Calais to the streets of Paris, with hundreds camped out in tents in
the city’s northern neighborhoods and dozens more arriving each
day.
The
wildcat encampments have thrust the European migrant issue in the
face of Parisians and once again underscored the French government’s
inability to resolve a problem it hoped Italy and Germany would
forestall.
The
numbers have been far greater in those countries, but migrants —
largely Africans and Afghans — nonetheless keep trickling into
Paris. As many as 100 migrants are arriving a day, according to aid
groups. Most have vague hopes of reaching Britain or getting asylum
in France. ...
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