The first thing that one notices about Calais is the mud. Mud everywhere, and puddles. Who has lived in the camp for longer knows which are the trails with hidden holes filled with water; yet anybody living in the Jungle can be recognized by shoes always covered in mud, leaving wet marks at every step.
Spread across this mud field there are thousands of tents. For some reasons the prevalent colour is blue. A few wooden structures and caravans can be noticed among the multitude of camping tents.
Life in the Jungle is characterized by waiting lines. The first of the day starts early morning, when people line up to fill water tanks. Right now around 6000 migrants live in the refugee camp of Calais that has become famous as ‘the Jungle’. All of them fetch water from the few taps that can be found around the camp.
