In the jungle: what the migrant crisis really looks like in Calais

Since Holly Hughes' arrival in Calais she has witnessed a consistent increase in evictions by France’s riot police, the CRS

Holly and her fellow Care4Calais volunteers prepare to distribute emergency clothing to those recently evicted in Calais. Picture: Matt Payne

Life on the ground at the notorious Calais jungle refugee camp has never been more bleak, and the situation looks set to worsen.

The desolate car park of the BP gas station on the outskirts of Calais is almost unrecognisable. What once was a place for refugees to gather to avail of the NGO services operating in the area has, overnight and thanks to the latest police eviction, become a new refugee settlement; yet another fragmented spin-off of the notorious Calais jungle.