From the same article - A prefabricated house in Calais, which used to be home to 40 Syrian refugees waiting to go in the UK e UK
Each time he was released: and yet it’s impossible for him to go back to a country at war. Apply for asylum in France? He shakes his head. He knows what happened to the Sudanese. Many have filed an application for asylum, which normally entitles them to a place to stay in a reception centre for asylum-seekers (Cada) – but there aren’t enough beds, and they live in the same conditions as the others.
“After two years of the asylum application process, they say ‘No, thank you’.” “Usually”, notes Philippe Wannesson, “they have a family waiting to follow them. Those who come to Calais, and see what’s happening, won’t stay in France.”
In England the refugees are housed right away. Sweden is even better: “It just decided to give a three-year transitional refugee status to all Syrians who show up,” says Philippe Wannesson, and with possible family reunification. And that is just what’s behind Youssef’s cri de coeur: “Every other country in Europe is better than France.”
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