Return Ticket - Ten Years Since the Closure of Calais: Migrants Are Still Looking to Get to the UK

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In 2016, the French authorities dismantled the so-called "Jungla de Calais", a camp located on the outskirts of this city in northern France that came to house thousands of migrants. Many then shared the same objective: to cross the Channel and reach the United Kingdom. Ten years later, despite the dismantling of the camp and the tightening of border controls, that objective remains valid for many of those who remain in the area.