Sabia Rigby co-coordinates Voices for Creative Nonviolence (www.vcnv.org). She is volunteering with the St. Maria Skobstova Catholic Worker house, founded by Brother Johannes Maertens, in Calais.

 

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Smoke Rises Above Calais 'Jungle' As Demolition Begins

by Sabia Rigby 10-26-2016

Demolition begins in 'the Jungle.' Image via Alexandra Vuillard.

I am nervous for everyone. There is so much misinformation; the refugees of the Jungle and other camps like Isberg hear differing reports, which they then share among themselves. Tensions are growing because we, too, are given limited information, and can’t guarantee anything.

Would you trust someone who cannot give you any guarantees?