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Subscribe to France 24 now : • http://f24.my/youtubeEN • FRANCE 24 live news stream: all the latest news 24/7 • http://f24.my/YTliveEN • 1998 -- The year the first migrant camp appeared in Calais......following the outbreak of war in Kosovo.For the 30-strong group: their promised land, England: was only across the channel.This marked the beginning of a long and arduous chapter...... in Calais' history.//1999 saw the opening of a refugee camp in the norther coast of Sangatte.The centre became home to Afghans, Iranians and Kurds -- amongst others.The camp was designed to hold 900 refugees...... but the it was soon overflowing. In 2002, the authorities took matters into their own hands.(SOUNDBITE) NICOLAS SARKOZY, FORMER FRENCH PRESIDENT We will give an identity card to each person, and once we 've taken a count of everyone here, we will stop taking people in. The new arrivals were denied access. • And by 2002 -- in a bid to stem the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the Channel... ...Sangatte was demolished.The migrants relocated to a makeshift camp in the woods near an industrial area...... which became known as the jungle. (SOUNDBITE) VOX I'm not an animal. Animals live in jungles. For would-be asylum seekers...... this became home.And many continued to herd into the unsafe, unsanitary camps.//But by September 2009 -- to the sound of clashes, and in front of the world's media...... the area was cleared.(SOUNDBITE) ERIC BESSON, FORMER MINISTER OF IMMIGRATION Our objective was not to round up the greatest possible number of migrants by surprising them at dawn, but to destroy the continuous flow of trafficked human beings. With nowhere to go... ... the camp-dwellers were forced to settle in squats and makeshift shelters scattered throughout Calais.Some were even sleeping in the streets.//Faced with a humanitarian problem...... in 2014, France's interior minister announced the creation of a new day centre.(SOUNDBITE) BERNARD CAZENEUVE, FRENCH INTERIOR MINISTER No migrant should be without shelter when temperatures drop this low. But since...... migrants have continued to pour into Calais.In March 2016 -- following clashes -- the southern section of the Jungle was demolished.And by September -- authorities announced the permenant closure of...... what's currently home to some 7,000 migrants. • Visit our website : • http://www.france24.com • Subscribe to our YouTube channel : • http://f24.my/youtubeEN • Like us on Facebook : • / france24.english • Follow us on Twitter : • / france24_en

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