Shipping container camp established to house migrants swarming Calais
THE French City of Calais is preparing its newest migrant camp, built from shipping containers what will lie alongside the Jungle camp and house 1,500 people from January.
Construction work has begun for the creation of new migrant container camp with crates are being stacked next to the Jungle migrant camp, reports London's Daily Mail.
The container camp will sit alongside the Jungle and is expected to provide basic shelter and facilities for migrants.
A crane began to load the crates into a careful line on the campsite, providing much needed accommodation for the bustling squalid Jungle camp.
With the winter temperatures plummeting, many migrants have been left to struggle with only the most basic and temporary shelters.
It is hoped that the container crates will provide good cover against the bad weather and a solid structure for people to build their own home.
The new buildings came after medical charities Medecins du Monde and Secours Catholique brought a lawsuit to demand improvements in conditions in the jungle earlier this year.
The arrangements for the new container camp were delayed due to problems with the terrain at the camp site. Now the containers are in place, it is expected the first migrants will move in next month.
Some 4,500 people fleeing war and poverty in Asia, the Middle East and Africa live in notoriously squalid conditions in a makeshift camp in Calais known as the "Jungle".
Most of them live in small tents with precious few possessions, braving cold weather conditions as they bide their time before trying to cross the Channel.
Many of the refugees and migrants want to reach Britain because they speak English, or because they have relatives there. Others simply believe their chances at a better life are higher in Britain.
Earlier this month a 16-year-old Sudanese boy was hit by a van on a motorway close to the Channel Tunnel, becoming the 18th person to die trying to reach Britain from Calais since June.
THE French City of Calais is preparing its newest migrant camp, built from shipping containers what will lie alongside the Jungle camp and house 1,500 people from January.
Construction work has begun for the creation of new migrant container camp with crates are being stacked next to the Jungle migrant camp, reports London's Daily Mail.
The container camp will sit alongside the Jungle and is expected to provide basic shelter and facilities for migrants.
A crane began to load the crates into a careful line on the campsite, providing much needed accommodation for the bustling squalid Jungle camp.
With the winter temperatures plummeting, many migrants have been left to struggle with only the most basic and temporary shelters.
It is hoped that the container crates will provide good cover against the bad weather and a solid structure for people to build their own home.
The new buildings came after medical charities Medecins du Monde and Secours Catholique brought a lawsuit to demand improvements in conditions in the jungle earlier this year.
The arrangements for the new container camp were delayed due to problems with the terrain at the camp site. Now the containers are in place, it is expected the first migrants will move in next month.
Some 4,500 people fleeing war and poverty in Asia, the Middle East and Africa live in notoriously squalid conditions in a makeshift camp in Calais known as the "Jungle".
Most of them live in small tents with precious few possessions, braving cold weather conditions as they bide their time before trying to cross the Channel.
Many of the refugees and migrants want to reach Britain because they speak English, or because they have relatives there. Others simply believe their chances at a better life are higher in Britain.
Earlier this month a 16-year-old Sudanese boy was hit by a van on a motorway close to the Channel Tunnel, becoming the 18th person to die trying to reach Britain from Calais since June.