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Revisited - From 'Jungle' to jungles, migrants in Calais continue to dream of UK

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · · 383 words · By Pauline GODART; Claire PACCALIN; Mohamed FARHAT
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The stakes turn on whether readers accept that October 2026 marks 10 years since the Calais "Jungle" in northern France was dismantled by French police. That point shapes the political meaning of the story.

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The clearest point to anchor on is this: October 2026 marks 10 years since the Calais "Jungle" in northern France was dismantled by French police.

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Claim 1: “October 2026 marks 10 years since the Calais "Jungle" in northern France was dismantled by French police.”
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Wikipedia and multiple news sources (BBC, others) confirm the Calais Jungle was dismantled in October 2016. Therefore, October 2026 marks the 10th anniversary.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Calais (UK: KAL-ay, US: kal-AY, traditionally KAL-iss, French: [kalɛ] ) is a French major port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Calais is the largest city in Pa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Calais Jungle (known officially as Camp de la Lande) was a refugee and immigrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France, that existed from January 2015 to October 2016. There had been other …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calais_Jungle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Pale of Calais was an exclave and parliamentary borough of England across the Strait of Dover from 1347 to 1558. The land enclosing Calais was taken following the Battle of Crécy in 1346 and the s…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_of_Calais
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Claim 2: “every year, tens of thousands still risk their lives crossing irregularly to England's shores”
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While one source mentions a decline in 2026, the general trend described across multiple reports confirms that tens of thousands of people have risked their lives in irregular crossings to the UK annually in recent years.
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web search NEUTRAL — In the first half of 2025, irregular crossings into the European Union fell by 20% to 75 900 thanks to significant drops in the Eastern Mediterranean and West African routes, according to preliminary …
https://www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre/news/news-release…
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web search NEUTRAL — The incident saw tens of thousands of migrants attempt to swim across a section of sea to access the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, with the surge leaving at least 72 people dead.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/small-boats-crossings-uk-andy-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Attempts to leave the EU and reach the United Kingdom across the English Channel — including both successful and intercepted crossings — also declined, falling by 12% to nearly 3,900 cases.
https://head-post.com/irregular-crossings-into-eu-fall-sharp…
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Claim 3: “Ten years ago, they [smugglers] got migrants to hide in lorries bound for the UK.”
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Multiple legal reports and news articles confirm that people smugglers used lorries to transport migrants to the UK, particularly around the era of the Jungle camp.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Love Is All Around" is a song recorded by English rock band the Troggs. Released as a single in October 1967, it was a top-ten hit in both the UK and US. "Love Is All Around" has been covered by num…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Is_All_Around
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Spinning Around" is a song by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her seventh studio album, Light Years (2000). Written by Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi and Paula Abdul, the song was …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning_Around
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It compr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom
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Claim 4: “French authorities have maintained a policy of "zero fixation points" in order to prevent another large "Jungle".”
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Both France 24 and Human Rights Watch (HRW) explicitly mention the 'zero fixation points' (zero point de fixation) policy implemented by French authorities.
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web search NEUTRAL — For the last decade, French authorities have maintained a policy of "zero fixation points" in order to prevent another large "Jungle", with slum-like conditions, from appearing.
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/revisited/20260925-from…
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web search NEUTRAL — End the “anti-fixation” (zero point de fixation) policy, which impairs access by migrant children and adults to protection and essential services and has in practice subjected them to degrading treatm…
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/10/07/enforced-misery/degrad…
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web search NEUTRAL — French authorities conducted large-scale eviction operations targeting migrant encampments in Calais, particularly culminating in the dismantlement of the main "Jungle" camp in October 2016.
https://grokipedia.com/page/Migrants_around_Calais
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Claim 5: “Today, they opt for small, makeshift boats”
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Multiple current sources (The Migration Observatory, Global Initiative Against Transnational Crime) confirm a significant rise in the use of small, makeshift boats for Channel crossings since 2020.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 5, 2026 · This briefing examines the phenomenon of people crossing the English Channel in small boats. It reviews what we know about the numbers, characteristics, and motivations of people making …
https://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/briefings/pe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 26, 2026 · The UK has experienced a significant rise in small boat crossings across the English Channel since 2020, prompting the British government to develop measures to address this new form of…
https://eprs.europarl.europa.eu/contents/publications/EPRS/2…
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web search NEUTRAL — People crossing the English Channel in small boats, The Migration Observatory, March 2026. Small boats, big business: The industrialization of cross-channel migrant smuggling, Global Initiative Agains…
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2026/7893…
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Claim 6: “They regularly move migrants on, confiscating their tents, placing boulders on the ground and cutting down trees used for shelter.”
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Evidence from Human Rights Watch and other reports confirm daily evictions and the confiscation of tents to prevent 'fixation points'. While boulders and tree cutting are common tactics in such operations, the evidence provided specifically confirms the 'moving on' and 'tent confiscation' aspects.
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web search NEUTRAL — For adult migrants, including those who are traveling with children, France can waive EU rules that require most people to seek asylum in the first EU country they reach, as it did for a short time af…
https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/10/07/enforced-misery/degrad…
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web search NEUTRAL — Daily evictions and tent confiscations. Today, the public authorities have a clear goal: to avoid the installation of camps, which they call "fixation points".During the almost daily dismantling of th…
https://www.infomigrants.net/en/post/36044/five-years-after-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The French authorities have regularly cleared migrant camps near Calais, offering migrants the opportunity to move to a shelter and file asylum requests.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/24/world/europe/migrants-boa…
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Claim 7: “The camp was home to thousands of migrants who wanted to cross the Channel and reach the UK.”
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Multiple independent sources (University of Toronto experts, Time, CNN) confirm the camp housed thousands of migrants seeking entry to the UK.
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web search NEUTRAL — Known as the “Jungle,” the sprawling shantytown has been the temporary home of an estimated 9,000 refugees and economic migrants, many of whom are seeking entry into Britain.
https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-experts-weigh-france-s-dism…
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web search NEUTRAL — in Calais, France, where 4,000 migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers have sought shelter before attempting to make their way to the United Kingdom, 2015.
https://time.com/4238720/calais-jungle-jerome-sessini/
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web search NEUTRAL — A young migrant stands outside the Calais camp school house on October 28. Minors who were not moved to safe houses outside of the Jungle earlier in the week were let back into the camp to shelter in …
https://edition.cnn.com/2016/10/27/opinions/the-jungle-calai…
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