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- 1. GRASSROOTS HUMANITARIAN AID IN THE JUNGLE OF CALAIS How grassroots organisations organise humanitarian relief in Calais Elisa Sandri – MA Anthropology of Development, University of Sussex
- 2. Overview ■ Who’s in the Jungle? ■ Grassroots organisations ■ My research findings ■ What you can do
- 3. JULY CENSUS ■ 7037 camp residents ■ 761 children – the youngest is five months old ■ 608 unaccompanied minors – the youngest is 8. Average time spent in the Jungle: 5 months ■ Image: HelpRefugees July 2016
- 5. The Jungle ■ No UNHCR or formal aid ■ 80 toilets for 7,000 people ■ Chest infections, wound infections, malaria, chickenpox ■ Smuggling and trafficking, gang violence ■ Police brutality Images: Elisa Sandri
- 8. Not everyone is illegal! ■ Dublin IIITreaty: Right to ‘Safe passage’ “The most important set of criteria relates to applicants with family members or relatives already legally present in a Member State or who have already made an application there (Articles 8 to 11) […] these provisions promote family unity by allowing members of a family to have their applications for international protection examined in the same Member State” (AADH, 2015) ■ Dubs Amendment
- 10. The Hummingbird Project ■ ‘Do what you can’ ■ Medical clinic ■ Art therapy for young people ■ Tea kitchen Images: Hummingbird Project 2015/2016
- 11. November 2015 February 2016 Images: Elisa Sandri
- 12. My research: ‘Volunteer Humanitarianism’
- 13. Activism & Advocacy Images: Hummingbird Project 2015/2016
- 14. Positive aspects of informal aid ■ No bureaucracy means that organisations can act quickly ■ All the donations and money go directly towards helping refugees ■ It’s better than nothing ■ Spread awareness about what happens in the camp
- 15. Limits of informal aid ■ Grassroots organisations cannot provide safety for camp residents ■ Grassroots are dependent on public funding and on donations ■ Are grassroots initiatives just putting a plaster on the problem? ■ There is no plan for Calais or for Europe – more unified advocacy is needed!
- 16. What you can do ■ Donate items to HelpRefugees: tents, sleeping bags are always needed! ■ Donate smartphones to the Hummingbird Project ■ Fundraise for other groups/charities ■ Volunteer ■ Write to your MP ■ Spread the word on social media
- 18. References ■ AADH (2015) Memorandum of the Dublin III Regulation. Freshfields Bruckhaus LLP ■ HelpRefugees (2016) New CalaisCensus Released – 700 Children in Calais, 78% On Their Own. 20th June 2016.Available from: http://www.helprefugees.org.uk/2016/06/20/new-calais-census-released-700-children- in-calais-78-on-their-own/ ■ TheTelegraph http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/12175069/Calais- migrants-heading-for-Britain-refuse-to-leave-Jungle-camp.html
Editor's Notes
- The camp is still there despite the evictions and actually its population is rising.
- 2002: Sangatte Centre closed 2015: 1 million people reached the shores of Europe (UNHCR)
- Dubs Amendment: 3,000 unaccompanied children granted safe passage in the UK. However, there are 24,000 unaccompanied minors across Europe. So far, no child has been taken in yet Case of Oscar, young toddler in Dunkirk
- They all started as aid convoys but then specialised. Some of them are now registered charities HelpRefugees: in charge of the warehouse with the Auberge des Migrants
- Not the usual refugee supporters.
- Different ways of doing activism. It brought people closer to politics Humanitarianism vs. politics
- In a neoliberal fashion, the state delegates their responsibility to the civil society: is it the same in Calais? HelpRefugees warehouse had to be suspended in July, lack of donations