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The Calais jungle is the nickname given to a migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France, where migrants live while they attempt to enter the United Kingdom. The migrants, who frequently stow away on lorries, ferries, cars, or trains travelling through the Port of Calais or the Eurotunnel terminus, are a mixture of refugees, asylum seekers and economic migrants. ==Location and conditions== The "jungle" has no fixed location, with migrants setting up camp on unoccupied land and moving to new locations when camps are closed down by the French authorities, while others illegally occupy abandoned buildings. In April 2015, ''The Guardian'' reported that the "official" and principal "jungle" in Calais was located at a former landfill site, three miles from the centre of town, and occupied by 1,000 of the 6,000 migrants in Calais. According to the paper, it was one of nine camps then existing in Calais. This jungle for the first time had showers, electricity and toilets, plus one hot meal served per day, but without proper accommodation.〔('At night it's like a horror movie' – inside Calais's official shantytown. ) Angelique Chrisafis, ''The Guardian'', 6 April 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.〕 Conditions in the other camps are poor, typically without proper sanitary or washing facilities and accommodation consisting of tents and improvised shelters. Food is supplied by charity soup kitchens. The French authorities have faced a dilemma of addressing humanitarian needs without attracting additional migrants.〔 The jungle is located in a Seveso zone (regulated by Directive 82/501/EC).〔La « jungle » de Calais est majoritairement située en zone Seveso http://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2015/10/19/la-jungle-de-calais-est-majoritairement-situee-en-zone-seveso_4792559_3224.html〕 To solve this issue, government action is guided by the Treaty of Touquet of 4 February 2003, signed by former French president Nicolas Sarkozy, committing to halt illegal immigration to the UK via Callais.〔What is Britain doing to help the Calais migrant crisis? http://www.france24.com/en/20151021-france-cazeneuve-calais-jungle-britain-role-resolving-refugee-migrant-crisis〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Calais jungle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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