Amélie Jacques, a famous French blogger who grew up in Paris and Rome, has lived in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and now resides in Soweto, South Africa. Following the tense situation with refugees in Calais, in a short essay on her blog “Ubuntu” she voiced her concerns about the French government's harsh policies limiting refugees' entrance into the country. She also contrasted how easy it is for her to travel with a French passport with how difficult it is for people from other countries: