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Work starts on wall near Calais' 'Jungle' migrant camp

Published: 20 Sep 2016 - 03:37 pm | Last Updated: 07 Nov 2021 - 07:33 am

Workers dig foundations of a wall along the road leading to the harbour of Calais, northern France on September 20, 2016 to stop migrants from jumping on lorries heading to Britain.  AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN

Calais, France: Building work began Tuesday 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, an AFP reporter said.

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

AFP