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An elderly Catholic priest was among three activists to enter their third week of a hunger strike on Monday to protest the “unbearable harassment” faced by migrants and refugees in Calais. They called on authorities to grant migrants trêve hivernale – a French truce that forbids landlords from evicting tenants during the winter months. Among the three hungerstrikers is Jesuit Father Philippe Demeestère, aged 72, a prominent member of the religious and charity landscape of Calais. He is accompanied by activists Anaïs Vogel (35) and Ludovic Holbein (38), both members of a local association suppo…