French courts rule taxpayers MUST pay for "humane living conditions" for Muslim migrants invading their country

The French government will provide water and sanitation to migrants in Calais and open two reception centers away from the city, it said hours after a court ordered it to end what it called inhuman treatment of foreigners trying to get to Britain.



Less than a year after "the Jungle", a vast shanty town next to the northern port city, was razed, migrants have returned, with charities and the national human rights watchdog fiercely critical of the squalid conditions they live in.



Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said there were about 350-400 migrants around Calais, compared with the estimated 10,000 who used to live in the Jungle. The two new centers to house them will be in Bailleul and Troisvaux, about an hour's drive inland.



"We don't want to repeat the mistakes of the past but we also want to handle the problems in Calais," Collomb said, indicating a determination to avoid providing facilities that could draw migrants to the town, making it once more a hub for those trying to reach Britain.



Access to water, showers and toilets will be provided in the Calais area via mobile facilities, Collomb said.



Earlier on Monday, France's top administrative court, the Conseil d'Etat, ruled that the treatment of migrants was unlawful.