Cambridge Calais Refugee Action Group relies on volunteers to support our regular convoys to Calais and Dunkirk.
Filmmaker Luke Pierce joined our convoy in April and followed volunteers as they travelled from Cambridge to the refugee camps in northern France. They spent the weekend helping provide food, aid and assistance to the camp residents.
Message From Maya: We Need Vans and Builders!
20th September 2015
WHAT NOT TO BRING TO THE JUNGLE
September 15th 2015
Thousands of migrants have descended on the northern French port of Calais, all of them desperate to make it to the UK to start a new life. While mainstream politicians trade blame, a full scale humanitarian crisis has developed, with hungry people living in appalling conditions -- crime rates rising and riots breaking out as the migrants try to storm the truck parks and port zones.
BBC Documentary
"I’m a trucker Not an Immigration Officer"
10th June 2015
Lorry drivers passing through Calais, northern France, say they are now taking on the role of amateur immigration officer, as they struggle to keep would-be asylum seekers from gaining entry to the UK in their vehicles. Some drivers are sympathetic to the migrants' plight but for others, their patience has been exhausted.
Solent TV sent a team of four students to Calais to meet the people who live and work in the jungle.
Calais Migrants Jump On Board Lorries
June 23rd 2015
Helicopter footage shows Migrants attempting to board lorries near Calais. Large numbers of migrants are attempting to get into cars and lorries, backed up at Calais, because of a strike by French ferry workers. Ships are not being allowed to leave or enter the port. Eurotunnel says it has reduced its shuttle train services between Calais and Folkestone and queues are building up on approaches to Dover.
Calais Migrants Crisis:
Inside 'The Jungle' Migrant Camp - BBC News
31st July 2015
The BBC's Paul Adams spends two nights with some of the migrants trying to gain access to the rail track that run through the Channel Tunnel.
Migrant Crisis:
"The Jungle" in the Heart of Calais - BBC Newsnight
30th July 2015
In Calais, there's a make-shift camp called "The Jungle". It's home to a diverse community of displaced people. Filmmaker Dave Young produced this report for Newsnight from inside the camp.
St. Michael’s Church In The Jungle, Calais
August 16th 2015
3, 000 migrants, Most are Muslims. There are some Christians as well, and they have constructed their St. Michael’s Church IN THE JUNGLE!
"That’s our church“, "We love this church more than us!“
A VISIT TO THE JUNGLE, CALAIS BEN SPURWAY
AUGUST 2015
Banksy Art Criticises Treatment of Calais Refugees
BBC News
25th January 2016
The latest artwork by Banksy artwork criticises the apparent use of teargas on refugees in the Calais "Jungle" camp. Not Just A Bunch of Migrants Help Refugees
2nd February 2016
We offered 3 days of Open Floor workshops in the Jungle, Calais, for the residents there and some volunteers also joined in! We hope that this video will help to spread the word about the plight of the 6,000 people living in appalling conditions in the Jungle, including over 350 unaccompanied children. Despite the conditions, we really found 'Something Beautiful' there. No other song could do this video justice, copyright is with Alexi Murdoch, song is 'Something Beautiful'.