Benefits Street star White Dee has visited the ‘migrant jungle’ in Calais to speak to those trying to make their way to the UK.
The crisis in Calais has been intensifying in recent weeks as desperate people fleeing war torn areas of the world try to enter Britain.
43-year-old Dee has now called for the UK government to relax policy and let the Calais migrants settle across the Channel.
Whilst filming a documentary, Dee said: “They are not interested in benefits - all they want is to feel safe and work hard for a living.”
Dee pleaded: “Anyone who criticises these people for wanting to come to the UK should make the journey here themselves.They would soon change their opinion about the migrants.
“They understand that most people in the UK don't want them to come. But everyone I spoke to stressed that they had skills to offer and wanted to earn a wage and pay taxes in Britain. Benefits were never mentioned.”
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