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The number of people crossing the Channel has increased to 25,776 in 2021, up from 8,461 in 2020, according to Home Office figures. Those who want to cross gather at camps that have sprung up between Calais and Dunkirk. The police routinely destroy the makeshift camps and their occupants are dispersed to holding centres across the country, though many soon return to the coast in northern France.
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After a previous camp was destroyed by French authorities last week, a new one sprang up on disused railway tracks near to Grand-Synthe, a suburb of Dunkirk.
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People charge mobile phones with equipment provided by Care4Calais, a charity which helps with food, hot drinks, power and charging stations, games and a grooming station
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Mahan, 2, with his mother, Gwan, 28, from Sulaymaniyah, Kurdish Iraq, at a camp near Loon-Plage and Grande-Synthe
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Sands blow across the beach at Plage du Braek. Few, if any, crossings were attempted in the days after the disaster due to the worsening weather conditions
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Protesters demonstrate near Calais town hall after a meeting between Gérald Darmanin, the minister of the interior, and other EU ministers
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Mala Rachman, who was living in a camp in Dunkirk, becomes upset after hearing the news of someone who died in the Channel crossing.
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