Newly released images from Calais display an increasingly desperate situation as migrants risk their lives to gain access to the United Kingdom. As well as a daily effort to access the channel tunnel by climbing over barbed wire fences, taking on riot police armed with tear gas and 90mph trains; we can also see the squalid living conditions the estimated 3,500 migrants in the area are enduring.
Events took a tragic turn yesterday as a young Sudanese migrant was found dead in the tunnel, the 9th recorded this year, migrants in the area insist this does not dissuade them and they are ready to die to find peace in Britain. According to Euro Tunnel there has been on average around 1,500 - 2000 migrants storming the gate each night creating chaos for rail and road services in the area, many of the migrants admit that the only way to get into the tunnel is in large numbers.
In the area an unofficial shanty town has developed as migrants make temporary homes for shelter; coined "the new jungle" conditions in these area's are incredibly poor and quickly becoming a breeding ground for disease and violence.
Meanwhile Prime Minister David Cameron was criticised for his comments this morning as as he referred to the groups of migrants who are attempting to storm the tunnel as "a swarm" he added "Everything that can be done will be done to make sure our borders are secure and make sure that British holidaymakers are able to go on their holidays".
Below images portray the daily struggles of migrants, including a look into camps and desperate clasheswith law enforcement.
Policemen try to prevent migrants from reaching the Channel Tunnel operated by Eurotunnel in Coquelles near Calais
Migrants who managed to pass the police block on the Eurotunnel site climb over a fence to make their way towards the boarding docks in Coquelles near Calais
Migrants are seen near a Channel Tunnel train in Coquelles near Calais
A migrant climbs a security fence of a Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais
A policeman tries to stop migrants on the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais
A policeman faces migrants trying to reach the Channel Tunnel operated by Eurotunnel in Coquelles near Calais
A migrant climbs a security fence of a Eurotunnel terminal in Coquelles near Calais
French gendarmes block migrants along a road to prevent them access to train tracks which lead to the Channel Tunnel in Frethun, near Calais
Migrants step over the fence as they try to catch a train to reach England, in Calais
An Afghan flag flies above makeshift shelters at a site dubbed the "new jungle", where migrants trying to cross the Channel to reach Britain have camped out around the northern French port of Calais
Migrants build a makeshift shelter
Migrants build a makeshift shelter around the northern French port of Calais
Migrants walk in a makeshift camp in Calais
A driver climbs on his truck as he waits to cross the English channel, in Calais
Migrants walk along the roadside while a French policeman secures the area as lorries queue in Calais
French gendarmes try to stop migrants on the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais
French gendarmes try to stop migrants on the Eurotunnel site in Coquelles near Calais
Migrants trying to reach the Channel Tunnel run past policemen in Coquelles near Calaisa
Migrants warm themselves with a fire as they attempt to access the Channel Tunnel, in Calais
