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Published on: 31 October 2022

Written by: Clare Moseley All articles by Clare Moseley

OPINION: Ministers chose to brand those coming from Calais as ‘illegal immigrants’ instead of planning how to help

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Published on: 16 June 2016

Written by: Sophie Besse All articles by Sophie Besse

The author returns to the Calais Jungle to find Nature covering old wounds, and governments causing new ones

Published in: Mediterranean journeys in hope

Published on: 7 June 2016

Written by: David Charles All articles by David Charles

Sharing food and mutually teaching each other can help bring people together. In the Jungle camp of Calais, one...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Published on: 3 March 2016

Written by: Sophie Besse All articles by Sophie Besse

The anger and emotion of powerlessness and attachment. A London-based French volunteer describes the torment of the...

Published in: Can Europe Make It?

Published on: 1 November 2015

Written by: Fuad Alakbarov All articles by Fuad Alakbarov

The population of the refugee camp in Calais known as "the Jungle" shows no sign of decreasing. One human rights...

Published in: 50.50

Published on: 17 August 2015

Written by: Alexandra Embiricos All articles by Alexandra Embiricos

With the focus on amped up security around Calais, the wider context of refugees arriving in Europe is being...

Published in: 50.50

Published on: 13 April 2015

Written by: Che Ramsden All articles by Che Ramsden

In the context of escalating police violence and local racism, the new day centre for migrants in Calais, France is...

Why was a warlord allowed to sue a British journalist?