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Volunteer in Calais

Despite the demolition of the Calais 'Jungle' camp, thousands of refugees are still in Northern France. Organisations on the ground in Calais are desperate for volunteers to help carry out a variety of roles. This could range from helping out in the warehouse to translating for detained refugees in detention centres. If you are able to give up some time to volunteer, please contact one of the organisations listed below to register your interest.

Volunteers are still sorely needed in Calais. Volunteering is richly rewarding and also very enjoyable. It includes sorting and distributing donations, working in the food kitchen and building shelters.

Care4Calais run several operations in Northern France. They need volunteers to help find homeless refugees and asylum seekers, help cook and run the children's centre, visit accommodation centres, visit those in detention and to sort and organise their warehouse.

L'auberge des Migrants/Help Refugees organise and distribute much of the aid in Calais and Dunkirk, and it is through them that we recommend you volunteer. To volunteer, follow the steps below:

If you've volunteered already and would like to do so again, use this form to let them know when you will be there from.

www.calaidipedia.co.uk is the place to go to find out about the current situation in Calais and to answer any questions you have regarding volunteering there. Join the facebook group to get further updates and to speak to others volunteering.

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions from Calaidipedia.

Any questions that aren't answered above, email volunteerincalais@gmail.com.

Donate to Calais

and make sure to email Donations are also urgently needed in Calais. View the calaisdonations@gmail.com before any delivery so they know to expect you.
You can also drop off donations in the UK which will then be taken to Calais. To find your closest drop off area for much needed clothes and goods please take a look at Refugee Maps.

Volunteer in Dunkirk

Following a request from the Mayor of Dunkirk, Médecins Sans Frontieres have built a new camp for refugees in Dunkirk that adheres to international humanitarian standards. Residents of the new Grand-Synthe camp however are entirely dependent on the support of volunteer organisations.

Volunteers are urgently needed in the camp to ensure that the aid available for the new camp is accessible to its residents.

Utopia 56 is the key volunteer organisation that coordinates volunteering in the camp. Volunteering in Dunkirk covers a range of tasks which change on a daily basis and you will need to be adaptable.

Utopia56 provide volunteers with cheap and shared accommodation whether in a mobile home, at a local's house or in a dorm, for €5 a day. Register to volunteer with them .

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Despite the demolition of the Calais 'Jungle' camp, thousands of refugees are still in Northern France. Organisations on the ground in Calais are desperate for volunteers to help carry out a variety of roles. This could range from helping out in the warehouse to translating for detained refugees in detention centres.

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Spend a weekend helping feed & clothe migrants in Calais

Have you ever wanted to help destitute migrants in Calais, but not known where to start? Calais Light runs a regular car convoy, every 3 months from Brentwood, taking ordinary people to chop vegetables, wood & sort donations for refugees, volunteering in the amazing Help Refugees UK Warehouse, Refugee Community Kitchen & Care4Calais in Calais, France. It's a work of mercy!

"Calais Light" takes manpower & money, not physical donations

There is huge & desperate need for volunteers in Calais. Since the Jungle was demolished in 2016, the situation in Calais has become increasingly worse for the refugees stranded there. Tents and their personal possessions are routinely destroyed by the police so they are currently living on the margins, in squalid & inhuman conditions with no shelter, in the wild.

The work that the three grassroots charities we support in Calais, Help Refugees UK, Refugee Community Kitchen & Care4Calais do is irreplaceable and cannot be underestimated. If they didn't cook and distribute hot, culturally relevant, meals once a day, toiletries, tents, clothes & supplies to the refugees they would be starving, cold, wet, sleeping in hedgerows, without access to even basic sanitation.

We want to have as many people going to work there as possible. In order to achieve this, we have created a process that makes it so easy . T here are no excuses!

We bring like-minded individuals together, in a friendly, supportive group, and organise convoys from start to finish creating a seamless experience. This gives people the confidence to go on their own or take family and friends in the future.

We are based in Brentwood, Essex and that is where most of us depart on the convoy. However, we have small groups of volunteers travelling from all over the country or London and we can, if necessary, meet them at the ferry crossing in Dover.

Why 'Calais Light'?

The whole point about Calais Light resides in the title "Light". We make it a light and easy process so you can see how easy it is to go on your own with your friends and colleagues. It's also 'Light' - because we are a 'light-touch' organisation. We're small but we want to create a sustainable service, one where you take responsibility for yourself, with little fuss, questions & paperwork. The weekend makes it totally compatible with work if you ask for Friday off to volunteer!

It's a process-light, easily copiable model & the aim is not to take hordes ourselves but to show others how EASY it is to get some friends or groups together, learn the ropes & do it themselves. We want to help (via a mushroom effect) to provide the Warehouse with a consistent all year round stream of GROUPS of volunteers, not just individuals.

We also note that our volunteers are transformed by sharing some of the uncertainty of the people we go to help. So, we keep details to a necessary minimum. We travel fast, light & communicate digitally. We've discovered that getting your hands dirty & helping real people who have nothing actually changes you!

Invite Calais Light Founder, Mary Stretch, to your school

Calais Light Founder, Mary Stretch was invited by St John Payne School in Chelmsford to do a talk on the Calais Refugee situation & Calais Light volunteers, with videos & music. I also explained forced migration across Europe, the reasons why some migrants want to come to the UK & official figures of how many refugees have been accepted by European countries, including the UK to date!

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Calais Light - Caritas Diocese of Brentwood

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Have you ever wanted to help destitute migrants in Calais, but not known where to start? Calais Light runs a regular car convoy, every 3 months from Brentwood, taking ordinary people to chop vegetables, wood & sort donations for refugees, volunteering in the amazing Help Refugees UK Warehouse, Refugee Community Kitchen & Care4Calais in Calais, France.

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The situation

Doctors of the World has supported refugees and migrants in and around Calais since 2003, longer than any other medical charity.

People in the camps and settlements here have limited access to toilets and showers, as well as little food and water. Whole families are often crammed into small tents, with many suffering awful health problems as a result. These include serious skin problems (such as scabies), gangrene, breathing difficulties and severe cases of diarrhoea. We also see people with injuries from climbing fences and falling off trucks, as well as from clashes with police and security forces.

In October 2016, the French government dismantled the main Calais camp completely and sent people to asylum reception centres around France. Many did not leave, but moved to informal settlements around Calais.

Our work

As numbers grew and conditions worsened, Doctors of the World launched an emergency response in June 2015, just as we would in any disaster zone or refugee situation in the rest of the world.

Volunteer doctors and nurses, including many from the UK, staffed an emergency clinic that saw on average 130 people per day. We also provided psychosocial therapy, hygiene kits and mobile clinics to smaller groups of refugees dispersed outside camps across the region. Mental health has become a major focus of our work - psychological distress is common among refugees and migrants who are dealing with traumatic events and living in difficult conditions. Almost two-thirds of the health problems we saw were related to conditions of living in the camp, while 1 in 5 were related to attempts to cross over to the UK.

We argued that these conditions amounted to a humanitarian emergency and called for French and British governments to respond accordingly. In November 2015 we won an important court case in collaboration with other NGOs, forcing the French government to identify unaccompanied minors in the camps and to provide healthcare, as well as provide more taps, toilets and rubbish collection points.

Since the dismantling of the main camp in Calais, we continue to monitor the situation for refugees in the area. In July 2016 we opened a dedicated psychosocial space, Butterfly House, in Dunkirk and we continue to deploy a mobile medical clinic in and around Dunkirk.

In 2015 our medics in and around Calais carried out:

11097 medical consultations

1,153 referrals to the local hospital

349 referrals to A&E

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Expulsions: The Construction of a Hostile Environment in Calais

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Geography, migration and abandonment in the Calais refugee camp

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From “refugee” to “migrant” in Calais solidarity activism: Re-staging undocumented migration for a future politics of asylum

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Finding academic journals on migration - Secondary sources

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calais wall: uk to build wall to stop migrants - cnn

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UK to build wall in Calais to stop migrants

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A "big new wall" is going to be built around the port of Calais to prevent migrants and refugees entering the UK, Britain's Immigration Minister has confirmed.

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd previously told MPs the wall was "not a new initiative", but what mattered was making sure the French had the right amount of security to prevent "illegals" trying to get to the UK.

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Calais migrants: Work begins on UK-funded border wall

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd previously told MPs the wall was "not a new initiative", but what mattered was making sure the French had the right amount of security to prevent "illegals" trying to get to the UK.

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This week marks five years since French authorities began an operation to dismantle the "Jungle" camp in Calais, destroying the makeshift shelters, restaurants and places of worships that had housed up to 10,000 people at its peak.

At the time, conditions for refugees in Calais were well known in the UK - the issue was regularly debated in parliament and the destruction of the camp was covered widely. But once it was gone, the visible symbol of the humanitarian crisis on the UK-French border was gone too. And with it went much of the attention.

Today, the situation in Calais receives little consideration here in the UK. While we've seen renewed focus on the numbers of boats crossing the Channel, there is rarely any mention of what people go through in Calais before crossing, or why some feel unable to stay in France.

Thus, one of the repeated refrains of our government - that people should stay in France because it is "safe" - goes largely unchallenged and many do claim asylum there. But the reality is, conditions for refugees in Calais are among the worst they've ever been. Just 30km from the UK, the suffering of displaced people is constant and severe.

French authorities remain determined to ensure that no such camp develops again. This has resulted in an active policy of "evictions" of any locations where displaced people gather - be it woods, fields, car parks or industrial wasteland.

According to a recent report by Human Rights Watch, the aim of these operations is "to push migrant adults and children out of Calais", but in fact the evictions have not stopped people from travelling to the UK-French border in the hope of somehow reaching Britain. Indeed, the numbers of refugees in northern France has been growing in recent months, and estimates suggest around 2,000 are currently in Calais.

Life for displaced people in and around Calais is exhausting, stressful and dangerous. The police travel to sites where refugees are known to gather. Any tents or tarpaulins in the area are destroyed, while sleeping bags and blankets and other belongings are often confiscated. Those who have their shelters wrecked are left further exposed to the elements, soaked and freezing because the police have taken what little protection they have.

When I visited Calais in 2016 I was shocked to see rubber bullets and teargas canisters left behind after police used them against residents of the Jungle. But, depressingly, the authorities' use of these weapons has become increasingly normalised in the years since - just a few months ago a child was said to have been injured by a rubber bullet during an eviction.

With little to no support from state actors, a handful of charities work to monitor police violence and to provide essential services and supplies to refugees in northern France. The organisation Collective Aid distributes hundreds of items of clothing each day, whilst the Calais Food Collective supplies dried goods and hundreds of litres of water each week. Meanwhile, in circumstances where a working phone can literally be the difference between life and death for people trying to cross the Channel, Refugee Info Bus travels between different sites providing phone charging, repairs and wifi.

These and other grassroots groups are stepping in to respond to a humanitarian crisis that both the British and French governments have failed to address, and in fact are exacerbating. The UK has spent millions on the construction of walls and fences across Calais, while the French authorities' eviction operations get ever more frequent. These actions do nothing to stop people coming to Calais or trying to cross to the UK, they only serve to make conditions worse and push an incredibly vulnerable community further to the margins.

As another winter approaches, it is appalling to think that people will be having their tents and belongings taken away despite freezing weather. Charities on the ground are urging the authorities to stop the evictions and uphold the rights of refugees in France. Until and unless this happens, I hope our own government will think twice before describing conditions in Calais as "safe".
Lord Dubs is a Labour peer and the former MP for Battersea

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The UK is still ignoring the reality of the situation in Calais | Lord Dubs

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“Britain picks up £36 million bill for closure of the Jungle - money comes on top of £80million to pay for security guards in French ports”.

Daily Mail, 24 October 2016

It’s correct that the UK is paying £36 million, but this isn’t just to clear the ‘Jungle’ camp.

In a statement yesterday, Home Secretary Amber Rudd said that the UK will pay up to £36 million “to maintain the security of these [juxtaposed] controls, to support the camp clearance and to ensure in the long term that the camp is kept closed. This funding will also be used to help keep children safe in France”.

The Home Secretary also clarified that around £14 million of this money is for security around the Calais port.

Juxtaposed controls are the system of border security checks in place on French and Belgian soil to screen Britain-bound passengers before they enter the UK.

But what about the other £80 million?

The £80 million figure quoted by the Mail as the cost of security guards at French ports refers to money it says is “pledged… to pay private security firms to patrol ports in northern France for three years.”

This refers to an advertisement posted by the Home Office in July looking for a security contractor “to support its operational activities in the Eurotunnel Terminal at Coquelles and the ports of Calais and Dunkerque [Dunkirk]”.

The estimated value of this contract was put at £80 million, excluding VAT, over three years.

The ad mentions vehicle and passenger searching, detention and “escorting services” as part of the job description. The advert also says that detention of individuals would last for no longer than three hours and only until the detainee could be handed over to Border Force officers.

The Home Office told us that this isn’t directly related to the clearance of the Calais camp and associated security surrounding that. Instead it’s the renewal of a longstanding security contract to police the area.

It also told us that £80 million is the maximum value the contract could be worth, but it’s expected to be significantly less than that.

So how much has this government contributed to support border security across the Channel?

In 2015/2016 the government contributed £63 million to security around Calais and the Channel Tunnel. That included money for “extra fencing and infrastructure, security guards, search dogs and detection technology.”

In March it also announced another £17 million would be spent on “priority security infrastructure in Calais and to move people from the camps in Calais to facilities elsewhere in France, and will fund joint work to return migrants not in need of protection to their home countries.”

One example of infrastructure this funding covers is the wall being built at Calais which has been widely reported on.

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We aren’t spending £36m just to close the Calais ‘jungle’ - Full Fact

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The UK has committed £36 million to “maintain security” in Calais. Some of this money will be used to close the ‘Jungle’ camp, but some is also being spent on border security and keeping child migrant

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Labour committee member Chuka Umunna suggested the French were inspired by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump - who wants to build an "impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall" between the US and Mexico.

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Calais migrants: Work to start on UK-funded wall

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Labour committee member Chuka Umunna suggested the French were inspired by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump - who wants to build an "impenetrable, physical, tall, powerful, beautiful, southern border wall" between the US and Mexico.

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First study of conditions at camp known as the Jungle finds an 'absolutely abject situation', with 'harmful levels of bacteria and appalling hygiene'

Conditions in the Calais camp known as the Jungle are diabolical, with cramped makeshift tents plagued by rats, water sources contaminated by faeces and inhabitants suffering from tuberculosis, scabies and post-traumatic stress, according to a new report.

The first study of conditions in the migrant and refugee camp reveals the shocking reality inside one of Europe's largest shanty towns, where about 3,000 residents, including an increasing number of women and children, are living in conditions "far below any minimum standards for refugee camps".

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, working with the Doctors of the World group, found a piped water tap to have E coli and Coliform present above safe standards. Both bacteria are "indicative of faecal contamination", according to the report.

"This study exposes the awful truth about the Calais refugee crisis - that it is a humanitarian emergency of the first order in one of the world's most thriving nations," said Leigh Daynes, the director of Doctors of the World .

"Refugees are hungry and distressed, and they live in diabolical conditions. Their suffering is all the more acute because the often perilous journeys they undertook to get to France were physically arduous and emotionally fraught."

The majority of inhabitants questioned by researchers over a two-month period between April and June were refugees fleeing war or despotic regimes in Sudan, Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea, she said.

"Internationally agreed standards for the provision of aid and protection in refugee situations are nowhere to be found in Calais. That is a blight on the reputation of European states, who should and can do better, as they often do in refugee crises elsewhere."

A map showing the location of the refugee camp known as the jungle in Calais

A lack of washing facilities and refrigeration for food was resulting in diarrhoea, stomach cramps, fever and vomiting, the report found, while a lack of debris collection from the camp encouraged rats and mice, which can carry, salmonella and Leptospira, that latter of which is associated with Weils disease and can cause organ failure.

Toilet facilities were "overflowing, and hygiene conditions were subsequently extremely poor", said the study, with only four cubicles until April. Currently the report estimates there are 40 toilets - one per 75 inhabitants - which is "far below the standards set by the UNHCR for refugee camps" at one to 20 in emergency situations.

The fact that people had access to only one meal a day was creating unsanitary conditions and a wide variety of stomach conditions because food was being stored and stretched out, said Dr Thom Davies, one of the University of Birmingham researchers.

"It is an absolutely abject situation in Calais, there are harmful levels of bacteria and the hygiene situation is appalling," he added.

Injuries incurred when refugees were fleeing war, or when inhabitants tried to climb on board vehicles, were common in the camp, and treatment insufficient, according to the report: "Testimonies from medical professionals working for NGOs have indicated that crutches have been refused to migrant patients suffering from leg fractures."

Inhabitants of the Jungle also reported being hit by police and sprayed with teargas, while others said they had been attacked by Calais residentsalong the peripheral roads of the camp during the night. A fear of sexual violence resulted in women grouping together or with family members to ensure safety.

The report is critical of the French government and the EU which it accuses of producing a limited response to "public and environmental health-related problems". It adds: "The political tension and discourses around the Calais camp and wider migration issues are undoubtedly slowing institutional responses to the problems being encountered."

The report's authors are urging the EU, British and French governments to treat Calais as a humanitarian crisis rather than simply a matter of border security.

Daynes added: "This report confirms that we can no longer turn a blind eye to the dreadful humanitarian disaster on our doorstep."
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First study of conditions at camp known as the Jungle finds an 'absolutely abject situation', with 'harmful levels of bacteria and appalling hygiene' Conditions in the Calais camp known as the Jungle are diabolical, with cramped makeshift tents plagued by rats, water sources contaminated by faeces and inhabitants suffering from tuberculosis, scabies and post-traumatic stress, according to a new report.

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The new Jungle refugee camp in Calais opened earlier this year and is already one of the biggest migrant camps in western Europe. Guardian photojournalist Sean Smith visited the settlement, meeting the people and capturing a flavour of life in the settlement, alongside the risks many take trying to get across the border to the UK
Watch our Guardian exclusive film: life in the jungle

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Migrant life in Calais' Jungle refugee camp - a photo essay

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The new Jungle refugee camp in Calais opened earlier this year and is already one of the biggest migrant camps in western Europe.

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Updated 1047 GMT (1847 HKT) October 22, 2016

(CNN)Life for thousands of migrants at the sprawling "Jungle" migrant camp is set to be thrown into disarray -- again -- as French authorities renew efforts to dismantle the site on Monday.

The camp in Northern France has long been used as a gateway for migrants attempting reach the United Kingdom.

This time, French authorities say it will no longer be an option.

Here's how we got here.

The 'Jungle'

Known as the "Jungle" the camp is a sprawling migrant settlement situated in the port town of Calais.

The controversial camp serves as base for migrants hoping to cross into England through the 50 kilometer (31 miles) undersea Channel Tunnel that connects the two countries.

A strong French police presence, reinforced by UK border officers and heavily manned wired fences, attempt to thwart migrants' journeys to Dover. Clashes with local authorities are a regular occurrence.

In September, the British government announced construction on a four meter (13 foot) high wall along the camp's approach. The £17 million ($23 million) deal was struck between the UK and France to stop the flow of illegal immigration.

A risky passage

Many migrants risk their lives either by stowing away on a truck or a Channel Tunnel train.

In 2015, Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel intercepted 37,000 migrants attempting to travel to the UK illegally.

Thirty-one people died while trying to reach British soil last year, many of them teenagers and young adults, according to the International Organization for Migration.

So far this year, 15 migrants attempting a similar journey have died.

The population is constantly changing

It is hard to pinpoint exactly how many people live there as the camp does not qualify for refugee camp status under international law.

As a result, the "Jungle" exists in a legal gray area, lacking the infrastructure and authority to provide an accurate census.

Migrants are constantly coming and going, making it hard for charities and local authorities on the ground to provide up-to-date figures.

However, earlier this week the French government said there were between 5,684 and 6,486 migrants living in the camp. Aid organizations on the ground say the population is closer to 10,000.

War, famine, and violence drive migrants to Calais

The majority of the migrants living in the "Jungle" come from Afghanistan, Eritrea and Sudan.

Migrants from war torn countries such as Iraq and Syria are also there, along with Somalians and other Africans seeking political asylum, as well as displaced Kurds and Palestinians.

Men make up the majority of Calais' inhabitants. Women only make up about 10% to 15% of the total population, and often live in separate areas.

A center has been created by French authorities to facilitate the migrant and refugees departure on Monday.

There will be four separate lines at the center to separate different groups: adults, minors, families and vulnerable people (pregnant women, the sick and the disabled).

Unaccompanied children are of serious concern

There are 1,291 isolated minors currently in the camp, according to French aid organization Terre D'Asile. Some have fallen victim to human traffickers, with many exposed to sexual abuse. Malnutrition and disease are commonplace.

The UK has started to accept a small number of "qualified" children under EU and UK law. French authorities said Friday that special provisions are to be made for unaccompanied minors.

In March, the British government said it would allow 3,000 unaccompanied child refugees into the country. But so far this year, only 80 have been accepted from France; the first arrived earlier this month.

This is not the first time the 'Jungle' has been cleared

Although the population of the camp has swelled to its highest number in the past year, Calais has attracted thousands of refugees and asylum seekers for at least 17 years.

It was first closed in 2001, prompting a cycle of destruction and rebuilding between migrants and the authorities that have defined the camp ever since.

This March, the southern half of the camp was demolished. But by August, French authorities reported a 53% rise in the camp's population over the course of two months -- the biggest influx of migrants the "Jungle" has ever seen.

Why is it this new clearing happening?

As it's an unofficial camp, the "Jungle" does not qualify for international assistance. There are not enough funds or manpower to keep sanitation and security under control.

Migrants' basic needs are often addressed by charities and NGOS working on the ground. And although these organizations provide vital, daily assistance, their work is not a permanent solution.

The closure comes at a time that Europe's growing immigration crisis, fear of terrorism and the spread of anti-migration movements have soared.

The plan is to have the camp completely torn down by December, according to the French Ministry of the Interior.

Could another 'Jungle' grow?

French authorities have said the migrants and refugees will be given two options: to seek asylum in France and be relocated within the country or to return to their country of origin.

If relocated within France, they will be moved to temporary accommodation in a shelter while their claim is processed.

In the past year alone, up to 6,000 Calais residents have been moved to other locations in France, where 80% have applied for asylum.

Some charities working inside the camps say that although the proposed living arrangements are a suitable alternative for those seeking asylum in France, the solution is not viable for many who wish to settle in the UK.

"Many refugees in Calais have strong reasons for wanting to get to the UK and will simply return to Calais," charity Care4Calais said.

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Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp: What to know

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As plans to dismantle the homes of those living in the Calais "Jungle," approaches, here's all you need to know about the migrant camp.

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Often called the 'Jungle', the refugee camp near Calais in Northern France epitomises for many the suffering, uncertainty and violence which characterises the situation of refugees in Europe today. But the media soundbites we hear ignore the voices of the people who lived there - people who have travelled to Europe from conflict-torn countries such as Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and Eritrea: people with astounding stories, who are looking for peace and a better future.

Voices from the 'Jungle' is a collection of these stories. Through its pages, the refugees speak to us in powerful, vivid language. They reveal their childhood dreams and struggles for education; the wars and persecution that drove them from their homes; their terror and strength during their extraordinary journeys. They expose the reality of living in the camp; tell of their lives after the 'Jungle' and their hopes for the future. Through their stories, the refugees paint a picture of a different kind of 'Jungle': one with a powerful sense of community despite evictions and attacks, and of a solidarity which crosses national and religious boundaries.

Illustrated with photographs and drawings by the writers, and interspersed with poems, this book must be read by everyone seeking to understand the human consequences of this world crisis.

The ' Calais Writers' of Voices from the 'Jungle' (Pluto, 2017) include Africa, Riaz Ahmad, Eritrea, Ali Haghooei, Babak Inaloo, Mani, Milkesa, Shaheen Ahmed Wali, Shaqib, Teddy and Haris Haider. All are former inhabitants of the Calais refugee camp.

'These first-hand accounts of the suffering endured by the refugees fleeing unmitigated horror in their homelands paints a far more vivid picture than anything we read in the press or see on television. If you want to understand fully the extent of what refugees are being forced to endure under our very noses, please read this book' - Julie Christie 'Home is the first thing we experience as human beings in this world; somewhere we know, safe and warm, somewhere that keeps us. When we are forced out, we lose a little bit of ourselves; leaving us less whole. However, through these poems, these stories, we reclaim that home and the humanity that is lost with what comes with being labelled a refugee. Writing this is not only a way for the world to know us, but a way that we may know ourselves, once again' - JJ Bola, Writer, Poet, Author of No Place to Call Home (2017) 'Read this powerful book' - Counterfire 'Gives those who have been ignored, dehumanised and abused because of who they are the platform they deserve to explain the reality of life as a refugee' - Morning Star

Introduction
1. Home
2. Journeys
3. Living in the 'Jungle': Arriving, Exploring and Settling In
4. Living in and Leaving the 'Jungle': Connecting, Longing and Trying to Leave
5. Life After the 'Jungle'
Conclusion

Published by Pluto Press in Apr 2017

Paperback ISBN: 9780745399683
eBook ISBN: 9781786800824

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Video: Speaking with migrants inside the Calais 'jungle' camp who are trying to gain access to a rail track that could successfully lead them to the UK

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Calais migrants crisis: Inside 'The Jungle' migrant camp - BBC News

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Video: Showing the lives of a few of the jungles residents, the human cost of the crisis and the challenges facing migrants and refugees trying to reach the Britain

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Calais migrants: Life in the Jungle | Guardian Features

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Video: Speaking with Afghan migrants camping in Calais with them describing their living conditions and how they are going to continue their journey to Britain

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Migrants stay on 'route of death' in Calais

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Video: speaking to refugees living in Calais to see how they are surviving in their harsh conditions, particularly in the winter season, and the impact of high amounts of funding from the UK to France to try and prevent border crossings and how that works

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Refugees in Calais: 'It's psychological warfare'