# Migrant numbers on French coast rise a decade after Calais camp eviction

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/ten-years-after-i-watched-the-infamous-calais-jungle-camp-being-torn-down-ive-never-seen-so-many-migrants-lining-the-coast-all-hell-bent-on-heading-to-britain-sue-reid/
- Published: 2026-10-23T23:18:12+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-23T23:32:28+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16234655/Infamous-Calais-Jungle-camp-migrants-hell-bent-Britain-SUE-REID.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, Business, Markets, UK, World

## Key points

- Nearly 4,000 migrants are reported in Calais and Dunkirk.
- The 2016 closure of the Jungle camp did not end Channel crossings.
- Charities provide meals and other support along the French coast.

## Summary

The article says the number of migrants gathered in and around Calais has risen sharply ten years after French authorities dismantled the Jungle camp, with many hoping to reach Britain by small boat. It argues that the 2016 eviction did not end attempts to cross the Channel, while charities continue to provide food and other support along the French coast.

A Home Office border security commander put the number in Calais and nearby Dunkirk at nearly 4,000, while the article says additional thousands are spread across 240 miles of coastline. It describes charities commemorating the camp’s closure and reports that volunteers prepare up to 1,000 hot meals daily; the article also notes that 21 charities involved in the commemoration have combined annual income of £840,000.

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