MailOnline has learned that migrants who were forced from Dunkirk by French police set up an alternative camp in the field.
Some others set up their tents within a half mile of their destroyed camp in order to continue their dream to get on board a boat to the UK.
The camp, which was built on abandoned industrial land, was crowded and home to over 1,500 migrants. However it was shut down by Grand-Synthe Police near Dunkirk.
The camp residents were offered the chance to travel by coach from France to shelters. This was in exchange for going through French asylum process.
They refused to take the offer as they were afraid it would affect their long-term goals to travel to the UK.
MailOnline can show that migrants have established a new camp next to their Dunkirk camp, after being evicted by French police.
Many migrants established camp on the ground next to the Grande Synthe Camp. Some took trolleys with them to transport their belongings.
As they set up camp next to Dunkirk’s demolished Dunkirk camp, three migrants are carrying a tent mattress, a sleeping bag and a cart.
Police closed the Grande Synthe camp because of Rubbish. This crowded camp was located on abandoned industrial land. It was home to over 1,500 migrants before it was shut down.
As migrants leave a Grande-Synthe camp, Northern France on Tuesday, police forces opened tents
Today small numbers of migrants returned to the camp in their original form and broke through security fences put up by police as a last-ditch effort to secure the area.
MailOnline saw the pathetic scenes of ex-camp residents digging through rubbish and piles left over from mass eviction.
Many migrants packed up their clothing and bedding into shopping carts, which they took with them to their new camp.
To fuel their campfires, others took pallets of construction materials and made other items from the flattened shelters.
Most migrants, including those with families and children, had to travel only a few kilometers to reach their new homes in the fields next to their camp.
Kazhal Rzgar from Iraq was 46 years old. Her daughters Hadya (22 and Hasta) were seven and eight respectively. Hasta was also there along with her sons, who pitched their tent in the corner of the field.
After arriving in Italy via a boat migrant, their family relies on charity food assistance to survive.
Most of these migrants, including those with families and children, had only to travel a short distance to get to their new place in the field near their former camp. Kazhal Rzgar (46), a mother from Iraq, her daughters Hadya and Hasta were among them. She also had her sons Mubin (16 and 16) who pitched their tent in the corner of the field. Pictured are Kazhal, her daughters Hadya and Hasta (left), and Mubin (16 (center).
Kazkal’s 16 year old son Mubin stated that they are here to visit England. England seems so beautiful to us. It is possible to get a job and go to school while enjoying the great weather.
Hasta (7 years old) and Kazhal (11 years old) help to put up a tent next to the former Grand Synthe camp.
After arriving on an Italian migrant boat, they have survived largely by food assistance from charity since arriving at Grand-Synthe camp on 16 July. Photo: Hasta, seven years old
The migrants carry their belongings and tents to Grande Synthe, migrant camp. They will then set up camp in a nearby field.
Mubin, Mubin’s 16-year-old son said “We are staying here because it is England we desire.” England is so lovely, we think. It is possible to get a job and go to school while enjoying the great weather.
Mubin acknowledged that his family paid so much to people smugglers in order to get to Europe. However, he wouldn’t say exactly how much.
Five months ago, his family took him to Darbandikhan, Kurdish-administrated Iraq. They wanted to move to the UK so they can start a new life.
Mubin stated, “It’s hard living here in cold and rain without any toilets or money. When I reach England, however, I plan to attend school to become a barber.
“France is great, but France doesn’t appeal to my mom. It is difficult to understand the language. English is much easier, and there are family members in Birmingham.
His family would have to borrow at least 2500 euros each in order to rent a boat over the English Channel.
Mubin stated, “It is very dangerous to be on the boat. However, we need to get out.”
Hadya was a Kurdish student who used to be an artist. The people are poor. England is a great place to live. Everything is great when you have your own home.
“When I reach there, I would like to act in a movie as an actor or artist.”
In return for their participation in the French asylum process, residents of the camp had the opportunity to be taken by coach to refuges all over France. Photographed: In the newly created field, a man sets up his tent
After being evicted, a migrant took his belongings and tent with him to the Grande Synthe camp.
The majority of migrants decided to stay in rough conditions and declined the invitation to join the UK. They feared that this would make it difficult to attain their long-term goals to get to the UK. Pictured: Migrants set up camp in the field next to where the Grande Synthe stood
Harem is a 28 year old Accounting student. He also pitched his tent in the field. Although you have to purchase a boat, I do not have the money.
He said that the camp life was difficult and that they lived like monkeys. All he had to do was tell everyone to go. They took all my food, and destroyed it.
Harem claimed that eight years of work as a builder had helped him save money to cover his trip to Irbil, the Kurdish capital.
The man flew first to Dubai then to Belarus, then he crossed to Poland’s border and caught the train to Germany. This was part of a Kurdistan travel package.
He claimed that the 1,050 euro he was carrying had been stolen by corrupt Polish border patrols to get him entry into Poland.
He stated that he was an economically migrant.
Harem, an accounting student aged 28, has also pitched his tent in the field. It is necessary to purchase a boat. I do not have the money.
People who were displaced piled old clothing and bedding into trolleys, which they then took to their new homes.
An unorganized group of migrants begins to erect their tents on the ground next to the Grande Synthe camp, just before the police shut it down.
Local council members and police have not made any effort to clean up rubbish from the former camp.
You will find a lot of old debris, including dozens of trollies from Auchan, the superstore right next to camp. There is also a mix up of broken tents mixed with trash, such as used nappies and blankets.
Mohammed, a 19-year-old Iranian refugee said that he was among approximately 100 individuals who had defied authorities by staying last night at their camp.
His words were: “This is a terrible place to live due to all the garbage.” Everybody was hungry. I’m going to be living in one of these new camps.
Local council members and police have not made any effort to clean up rubbish from the site.
There are scores of abandoned trollies that were taken from Auchan’s superstore next to the camp, as well as broken tents with garbage including nappies, blankets sleeping bags, sheets, and bottles.
Many of the pieces were piled on top of open areas where migrants set up hundreds of tents.
Another shelter was found in an old warehouse building on the site.
Migrants assemble next to French Gendarmes as police force evacuates Grande-Synthe camp, Northern France. This was the 16th of November.
As migrants leave a Grande-Synthe camp, Northern France on Tuesday, police forces opened tents
Operation by police in the Jungle at Grande-Synthe, March. The camp was in its hundreds not in their thousands.
After trebling its size, the camp was renamed the “New Jungle” in honor of the famous Jungle Camp in Calais that closed in 2017.
The camp was managed, it is thought, by groups of people traffickers.
French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin ordered that the building be closed.
Priti Patel (British counterpart) spoke about migrants crossing the Channel.
His office maintained that Tuesday’s clearance wasn’t a result of the phone call between politicians and was pre-planned.