A brawl left twenty wounded Friday evening in Ouistreham (Calvados) where the gendarmes intervened to disperse two groups, said this Saturday the prefecture, a source close to the file evoking a confrontation between migrants.
The events occurred around 9:00 p.m. at the landing point, just before entering the Ouistreham terminal, said the prefecture. Two groups "clashed (Friday) evening a few minutes" and these clashes took place "quite intensely". "The gendarmes intervened, dispersed the people and the situation quickly calmed down", underline the state services in Calvados.
"Migration pressure to Great Britain"
According to a source familiar with the matter, these clashes opposed "between 40 Sudanese migrants and twenty Chadians". "There was the use of tear gas canisters" and there was "no arrest on this occasion," added the prefecture, which was unable to confirm the presence of migrants among the protagonists.
According to the prefecture, “the gendarmes saw on the spot knives and do not know if they were used. There was the intervention of the SDIS [Departmental Fire and Rescue Service] and the rescue services "and" some people were injured and taken care of ", in this case about twenty people for" injuries very light ”.
The prefecture confirms the existence of "migratory pressure towards Great Britain" in Ouistreham, and recalls that security is ensured there on the spot by a gendarmerie squadron in position 24/24.
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