Media News - Friday, August 29, 2008
Canadian journalism student raped in France as she reported on illegals: official
A Canadian journalism student was raped in an isolated forest in northern France as she reported on a makeshift camp housing illegal immigrants trying to get to Britain, officials said Thursday. The woman - whose identity was not disclosed - went Tuesday evening to the forest nicknamed 'The Jungle' to carry out a photo reportage, said the local prosecutor's office in the port city of Calais. 'There she was the victim of a rape perpetrated by an individual who is now being sought,' it said in a statement. 'The Jungle,' which lies close to the ferry terminal in Calais, is home to hundreds of illegal immigrants looking for an opportunity to cross the English Channel into Britain and is also frequented by human traffickers. Sources close to the enquiry said 150 illegals - mostly from the Middle East - were detained by police on Wednesday and questioned, while a victims' support unit has given help to the woman, who is believed to be 31 years old. An official in the Canadian embassy in Paris said it was aware of the case, and confirmed that the woman was Canadian. The British consulate in the northern city of Lille said the woman attended a London journalism school. (AFP)
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