The new migrant camp in Calais, France that was established after authorities demolished the previous camp known as "The Jungle" has been described as the "worst in Europe" by aid workers. Over 1,200 migrants have moved to the new designated wasteland site, but conditions are inadequate with only one water source over a kilometer away and no toilets. The new camp, dubbed "The New Jungle", consists of makeshift tents and shelters but lacks basic facilities. Aid organizations are working to provide services but say authorities have been slow to address needs like water, sanitation, and shelter.

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"The New Jungle" ­ a makeshift home for migrants in Calais. Photo: AFP
New Calais migrant camp 'the worst
in Europe'
Published: 03 Apr 2015 17:02 GMT+02:00
After hundreds of migrants were forced to relocate their shanty
town to another part of the northern French city of Calais, aid
workers have slammed the new settlement as the "worst in
Europe" for the refugees from war zones.
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The flow of migrants to Calais has increased rapidly in recent years to
the point where as many as 2,500 have amassed in makeshift shanty
towns, the largest of which is known as "The Jungle".
Most of the migrants ­ who come mainly from Sudan, Eritrea,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Syria ­ have no intention of staying in
France, and are more interested in looking for opportunities to cross
the Channel and seek asylum in the UK.
Last week, French local authorities finally took action, saying The
Jungle and all the smaller sites would be bulldozed by the end of the
month.
Though it's nearly impossible to keep count of a population that's
constantly shifting, an estimated 1,300 have had no choice but to
leave. Now, around 1,200 have moved to one single designated
wasteland to the east of the city on the back of eviction threats from
the French riot police.
But aid workers have said that conditions at the new camp are far
from acceptable.
"This is the worst camp for war refugees in Europe, if not in the world,"
Christian Salomé, the director of voluntary migrant help group
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"It is probably the only camp in the world where there is so little water.
There is only one water point and some people have to walk more
than a kilometre to access it. This is unacceptable. There are no
toilets either."
(A hut at the camp known as "The New Jungle". Photo: AFP)
He added that his team brings material to help build the slum every
day, but that the organization has had to keep putting pressure on
French authorities for things as basic as water points and toilets.
"For the first time the migrants have an official piece of land ­ but it
remains a slum," he said.
In the meantime, non­profit organization Doctors of the World has
started to dig dry toilets, basically a hole in the ground.
The 18­hectare wasteland dubbed by the migrants as "The New
Jungle" ­ tents and makeshift shelters covered by big, grey plastic
canvas sheets have started to pop up.
Located on the seafront, a half an hour walk from the ferry terminals,
five kilometres from the town hall, and far from any residential area,
the new camp is situated in a marsh and is part of a flooding area.
In the camp, the Jules Ferry centre, a former holiday spot for children,
has been converted into an emergency day centre. It accommodates
50 vulnerable women and children and from April 13th it will be
equipped with warm showers.
During the day, the centre is open to everyone and every day at 5pm it
serves 600 warm meals, just about enough to feed half of the camps’
population.
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(The kitchen facilities at the old camp, The Jungle. Photo: The Local)
Meanwhile, the migrants have been forced to rebuild the mosque and
church they once had at their old camp ­ buildings crudely put together
with wooden boards, corrugated iron and anything they could find.
Volunteer Christian Salomé said it might take another few days to
build the school again.
The old camp was built on the land of the Tioxide factory, one of
Europe’s main producers of titanium dioxide. In July 2014, the firm
was granted the legal right to ask for the eviction of the migrants. But
until now, there was nowhere to send them.
Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart hopes the move will help the local
authorities to better control the fluctuating migrant population by
establishing one official camp.
This is the first purpose­built camp for migrants since the 2002 closure
of the Sangatte centre near Calais, which used to host about 1,500
migrants.
Both France and the UK are at loggerheads as to who is responsible
for the migrants in Calais.
France's Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve suggested in November
that the UK should send its own officials across the Channel to help
block the tide of illegal migrants, but the idea was dismissed by
Britain's government, which said it was "for the French to maintain
security and public order on their own soil".
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