Calais after Sangatte: The

migrants 'worth less than cattle'

'I meet Anwar, an unkempt, sallow Syrian man in his 30s who tells me he fled in terror from his home town near Damascus after his younger brother was tortured by supporters of President Assad's regime. "In Syria, we see television programmes about France - we learn it is the country of freedom, of human rights and solidarity."
He looks at me closely and asks: "Do you think this is a country which respects human rights? I have nothing here, Madame." '