>> And I really don't see what's so special about them compared to people in similar conditions in India or Uganda or some other poor region of the world. Or i

>> And I really don't see what's so special about them compared to people in similar conditions in India or Uganda or some other poor region of the world. Or in developed parts of the world, for that matter. People are living on the streets sleeping under cardboard boxes or in the bushes in almost any major city in almost any developed nation, eating whatever they find in trashcans, with no access to healthcare or sanitation either. Note that I'm not trying to downplay the misery the immigrants in Calais are in, or the terrible things they've endured. It just strikes me as odd that whenever some humanitary crisis occurs that attracts a lot of media attention, they forget about the misery they can find at home every day...