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Working in Calais

"I had no training, yet was refusing shoes to people in sodden socks because they were the wrong age"

By Frank Andrews  
October 31, 2016

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Over the weekend, as the French authorities moved in, the jungle closed to the vast majority of volunteers who decided to stay in Calais. We’re here in the town, working in the warehouses. But we know little about what’s happening inside the camp now, to the young people we have spent our time teaching or to those we have come to view as friends.

I came to the jungle three weeks ago on the recommendation of…

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Frank Andrews

Frank Andrews is a recent graduate of French, Spanish and Arabic from the University of Southampton. Before the demolition he taught French and English at a school in the Jungle. He plans carry on volunteering with refugees in Calais for the foreseeable future

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