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, . 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. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Inside 'The Jungle' migrant camp
A camp in the small French town of Calais has long been used as a gateway for migrants attempting reach the United Kingdom.
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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, . 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. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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Inside 'The Jungle' migrant camp
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CALAIS, FRANCE - OCTOBER 24: Migrants gather as they begin to leave the Jungle camp before authorities demolish the site on October 24, 2016 in Calais, France. Police and officials in France are preparing to clear the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais. Some 7,000 people are estimated to be living in the camp in squalid conditions. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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Calais refugee camp: Demolition to begin Monday
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An Iranian migrant with sewn lips demonstrates during the demolition of the southern part of the so-called "Jungle" migrant camp, on March 2, 2016, in Calais. French demolition workers set about razing makeshift shelters in the "Jungle" migrant camp for a third day on March 2, 2016 under close watch of dozens of police officers equipped with water cannon. The destruction of the southern half of the sprawling shantytown in the northern port city of Calais, where thousands of migrants and refugees have gathered in the hope of finding passage to England, has sparked often violent resistance from residents. / AFP / DENIS CHARLET (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP/Getty Images)
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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, . 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. AFP PHOTO / PHILIPPE HUGUEN (Photo credit should read PHILIPPE HUGUEN/AFP/Getty Images)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 25: A Banksy artwork is created opposite the French embassy on January 25, 2016 in London, England. The graffiti, which depicts a young girl from the musical Les Miserables with tears in her eyes as CS gas moves towards her, criticises the use of teargas in the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)
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