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TWO Manchester musicians showed their solidarity with refugees by spending the weekend in a camp in Calais playing to the thousands seeking asylum in Britain.
Martim and Tomas Pocinho, who play with the band Luna Marada, headed for the so-called Jungle on Friday.
In the camp they were warmly welcomed by its inhabitants, sharing their meals and playing concerts for the estimated 4,000 people now living in the coastal town.
“We felt really appreciated. It was just really fun,” Martim Pocinho told the Star.
The Pocinhos played two shows — one for those having breakfast in the camp’s cantine and one in the Jungle’s theatre where Iranian, Sudanese and Kurdish refugees joined them on stage.
“A guy from Sudan, in the middle of the concert, asked to sing a song about leaving home. He dedicated it to his wife, who he had not been able to say goodbye to because he left in the middle of the night,” recounted Mr Pocinho.
