Work starts on wall near Calais’ ‘Jungle’ migrant camp

Building work begins on a wall to protect the port in the northern French city of Calais from repeated attempts by migrants to stow away on trucks heading for Britain.

The wall, a kilometer (half a mile) long and four-meters (13 feet) high, will pass within a few hundred meters of the sprawling migrant camp known as the “Jungle”, which charities say now houses more than 10,000 people.

Migrants stand in line to receive food from an organization inside the 'Jungle' slum in Calais on May 18, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/PHILIPPE HUGUEN)
Migrants stand in line to receive food from an organization inside the ‘Jungle’ slum in Calais on May 18, 2016. (AFP/Philippe Huguen)

— AFP

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