Clowns entertain illegal migrants in France waiting to cross Channel into Britain

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Clowns have been seen entertaining illegal migrants in France as they wait to cross the Channel into Britain.

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Volunteer clowns have descended to the frontline of the migrant crisis, Calais, to cheer up migrants as they wait to embark on the last leg of their journey.

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Laurence Quetel, 67, alongside her team of entertainers did not seem to resonate with the queues on migrants at the Loon-Plage camp as hoped, the Telegraph reports.

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As the clowns juggled and made slap-stick-style jokes, metres away were gangs of Kurdish people-smugglers gathering in tents, organising the next small boat crossing to the UK.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Ms Quetel, manager-turned clown, described the people-smugglers latest tactic, the "mega dinghy" as a necessary evil.She said: "My first feeling was, I was happy that 230 people arrived in one batch without people dying...

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