Hello. Hundreds of people from around the world are being evicted by riot police from illegal camps outside the french port of calais. Many have been kept there for months. Some have been trying to smuggle themselves into britain on trucks. Well, they say they have nowhere else to go. The french Authorities Say an outbreak of scabies and a lack of Running Water pose a health risk. Our correspondent is at the site and has been following the operation since earlier today. Reporter so the police have been here about an hour now. Theyre just starting to make their second sweep through the camp. This is the syrian camp right next to the port. And the police are working their way through tent by tent. Theyre looking inside, seeing whos in there. Theres been announcements on a loud speaker telling people that they need to move on. No one, frankly, knows where theyre supposed to go. Theres some buses parked just on the road behind the camp. No one seems to know where those buses are going to t
And the pressure intensifies on britains gsk. Tim, the drug giant glaxosmithkline would use some painkillers. Its now facing a criminal investigation here in britain for its sales practices in countries ranging from iraq, poland and lebanon. Its already in trouble in china for allegedly bribing doctors and hospitals to prescribe its drugs. Hello. It is midday here in london. 7 00 a. M. In washington, 1 00 p. M. In the french port city of calais where riot police are currently clearing about 800 Illegal Migrants from makeshift camps there. French authorities claim an outbreak of scabies and the lack of Running Water is posing a health risk and the site needs to be shut down. But the migrants say they dont know where to go. The illegal camps cropped up after the french government closed down the official Red Cross Refugee Center in 2002. More illegal camps were cleared in 2009. But it didnt stop the migrants from coming back. Now there are several camps in calais, mostly with political a