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Abu Walid and his Tent

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Abu Walid is originally from Syria. Whenever he came to class Abu Walid would bring something for us. One day it was a carton of chocolate milk, another day, a Snickers bar. By the end of the week he’d begun serenading Emma, the project manager, with the theme tune from Titanic. This is his voice […]

World Film Collective Interview With The Worldwide Tribe

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Sade Giliberti from World Film Collective met with Jaz O’Hara from The Worldwide Tribe. In this interview they discuss how the online blogger and her brothers began aiding refugees in Calais, Lesvos and the Hungarian Border.

Eid in The Jungle

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

The Muslim celebration of Eid is like Christmas. In the camp however, there was a feeling of sadness as many were spending the day without their families, surrounded by squalor with dwindling hope of ever reaching Britain. Despite this, some men in the Afghan section hooked up a speaker and started to dance.

Osama Qashoo tells the story of today

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Osama Qashoo, tutor on WFC project: Calais SPEAKS, talks about one student who was injured while shooting during a confrontation with police in the camp after lorries bound for Britain got stuck in traffic on the bridge above and people from the camp tried to board them.

A Trip to Belgium

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Made by brothers, Ibrahim and Ahmed from Syria, this is an account of Ibrahim’s trip from ‘The Jungle’ refugee camp in Calais to Belgium. Originally from Halib in Syria, Ahmed and Ibrahim were residents of the camp in September – November 2015. Ibrahim recounts his experience hiding under the axle of a lorry, which he […]

A Cup of Tea

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

This film was made by Saleh who is originally from Raqqa in Syria and 19 years-old. This film follows a man as he makes a cup of tea. Saleh conveys how time-consuming and difficult such a simple process is in The Jungle.

Fences

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

A key feature of the Calais refugee camp is the increasingly intimidating presence of tall fences. These mark the edge of the camp and the french border. Each night, the residents of the camp climb the fences in an attempt to cross the border into the UK. Many are injured in the process, arriving back […]

Advice from Liz about Volunteering in the Calais Refugee Camp

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

Liz is an independent volunteer with her own van. She came to Calais to help. Every day she loads up her van with donations from the warehouses and distributes them to residents. Often she does this outside the cafe where we were teaching, which is where we met. Liz’s advice may be useful for anyone […]

Saleh on Syria

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

One of our filmmakers in Calais – Saleh – shares his thoughts on the bombing of Syria. Saleh fled Daesh after they took over his town, Deir ez-Zor. He has been in Calais for over 4 months now and is finding life tough. He made this video and sent it to us.

Ibrahim

Country: France / Project: The Jungle Camp 2015

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