‘New Jungle’ migrant camp in France swells

Oct 7, 2015

‘New Jungle’ migrant camp in France swells

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun, World France

The slum-like migrant camp sprung up after the closure of notorious Red Cross camp Sangatte in 2002, which had become overcrowded and prone to violent riots. However, migrants and refugees have kept coming and the “New Jungle” has swelled along with the numbers of those making often deadly attempts to smuggle themselves across the Channel.

: Migrants camp at a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais. The slum-like migrant camp sprung up after the closure of notorious Red Cross camp Sangatte in 2002, which had become overcrowded and prone to violent riots. However migrants and refugees have kept coming and the “New Jungle” has swelled along with the numbers of those making often deadly attempts to smuggle themselves across the Channel. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: People stand at a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: Migrants carry bundle of sticks at a site dubbed the “New Jungle” in Calais on September 19, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: People stand next to a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on October 7, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: People stand next to a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on October 7, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken in Calais on October 7, 2015 shows a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: People stand on a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on October 7, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken in Calais on October 7, 2015 shows a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken in Calais on October 7, 2015 shows a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken in Calais on October 7, 2015 shows a makeshift church at a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken in Calais on October 7, 2015 shows a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: A picture taken in Calais on October 7, 2015 shows a man sitting at a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, with the English Channel in background. There are more than 3000 migrants fleeing conflict zones or poverty, according to local officials, at the rapidly growing new Jungle camp outside Calais, hoping to make it across the English Channel to Britain. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, with the English Channel in background. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, with the English Channel in right, and a part of the city of Calais. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near to Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: An aerial view of the migrant camp known as the New Jungle Camp, near Calais, northern France, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler)

: This file photo taken on August 8, 2015 shows migrants waiting to receive food from the humanitarian organization “L’Auberge des Migrants” at the entrance of the migrant camp dubbed ‘New Jungle’ in Calais, northern France. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: Migrants attend a French class at a makeshift school set up in the “New Jungle” in Calais, northern France, on September 10, 2015, where more than 3,500 people have settled temporarily. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: Abdel Hafez Seddig, a 33-year-old migrant from Sudan, takes cover from the rain inside a hut at a makeshift camp known as the “New Jungle” in Calais in northern France on September 14, 2015. Under an agreement between the British and French governments, British border controls are carried out on the French side of the Channel Tunnel, making Calais the focal point of attempts by migrants to cross into England. Thousands of migrants over the summer attempted to cross the Channel Tunnel between Britain and France, which later stepped up border controls. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: Migrants wait to get food at a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on September 19, 2015. The slum-like migrant camp sprung up after the closure of notorious Red Cross camp Sangatte in 2002, which had become overcrowded and prone to violent riots. However migrants and refugees have kept coming and the “New Jungle” has swelled along with the numbers of those making often deadly attempts to smuggle themselves across the Channel. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: Migrants wait to get food at a site dubbed the “New Jungle”, where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on September 19, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: Migrants stand near tents at a site dubbed the “New Jungle,” where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on September 19, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

: People stand next to a makeshift grocer’s shop at a site dubbed the “New Jungle”, where some 3,000 people have set up camp — most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on September 19, 2015. (PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)

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