Migrants camp out in Calais, France

Feb 4, 2016

Migrants camp out in Calais, France

Quinn Kelley 0 Comment Eurasia, World Calais, european migrant crisis, France, Hamlet, refugee crisis, Shakespeare, Sudan, Syria

About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in a migrant camp in Calais, France as they try to reach Britain. Some migrants have moved recently into new facilities, but most are still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum.

: Migrants watch actors performing Hamlet, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016 in the refugees camp in Calais, northern France. The Globe theater company took “Hamlet” to Calais , bringing one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays to an audience that almost certainly would rather see it in his native country. The play is hosted by the Good Chance theater in the heart of the camp, one of numerous structures set up by volunteers to fill the void for its displaced residents. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: Migrants walk in the main street of the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: A migrant walks in the main street of the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: A migrant cooks in his restaurant, seen through a window, in the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: A migrant sits next to a painting by English graffiti artist Banksy, at the entrance of the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Thursdday, Feb. 4, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: Migrants push a caravan that had fallen down a ditch in the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: Migrants are seen through the windows of a restaurant, in the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve is given a tour by the Greek Junior Interior Minister for Migration Ioannis Mouzalas at the “Hot Spot” in Moria , on the the northern Greek Aegean island of Lesbos, on February 4, 2016. Cazeneuve warned against “a risk to Schengen” if Europeans fail to move forward on the control of external borders during his visit to the island where many of the refugees and migrants arrive after crossing the sea from Turkey. He also assured the Greeks of the French government’s “solidarity”. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

: This picture taken on February 4, 2016, shows a general view of a site where tents have been erected in a new camp in Grande-Synthe near Dunkirk in order to host the 3000 Iraqi Kurds and Syrians refugees and migrants currently living in poor conditions in the migrant camp known as the “Jungle” of Grande-Synthe, northern France. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)

: A boy enters a restaurant in the migrant camp of Calais, north of France, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: Actors perform in Hamlet in the refugees camp of Calais, northern France, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016. The Globe theater company took “Hamlet” to Calais , bringing one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays to an audience that almost certainly would rather see it in his native country. The play is hosted by the Good Chance theater in the heart of the camp, one of numerous structures set up by volunteers to fill the void for its displaced residents. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: Actors perform in Hamlet in the refugees camp of Calais, northern France, Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016. The Globe theater company took “Hamlet” to Calais , bringing one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays to an audience that almost certainly would rather see it in his native country. The play is hosted by the Good Chance theater in the heart of the camp, one of numerous structures set up by volunteers to fill the void for its displaced residents. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: A migrant walks in the migrant camp in Calais, northern France, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016. About 4,000 people from Syria, Sudan and other countries are estimated to be camped out in Calais as they try to reach Britain, some recently moving into new facilities but most still sleeping in what’s been called Europe’s biggest slum. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

: Actors perform Hamlet Wednesday Feb. 3, 2016 in the refugees camp of Calais, northern France. The Globe theater company took “Hamlet” to Calais , bringing one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays to an audience that almost certainly would rather see it in his native country. The play is hosted by the Good Chance theater in the heart of the camp, one of numerous structures set up by volunteers to fill the void for its displaced residents. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

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