The Calais Jungle

The Calais Jungle was a refugee and migrant encampment in the vicinity of Calais, France. Many who lived in this camp attempted to illegally enter the United Kingdom via the Port of Calais or the Eurotunnel . Conditions in the camps are poor, typically without proper sanitary or washing facilities and accommodation consisting of tents and improvised shelters. On 24 October 2016, France begins dismantling Calais Jungle refugee camp. The French evacuated 6,400 migrants from the encampment in 170 buses, with the intent of resettling the migrants in different regions of France. Mostly young men from Africa or Afghanistan, Eritrea, Sudan and other conflict-torn countries trucked down the camp’s trash-filled, muddy lanes in small groups, pushing or dragging donated suitcases, or toting knapsacks front and back. After two days of peaceful dismantling, incidents struck the "Jungle" of Calais during Wednesday october 26. At least 100 huts were set on fire by inhabitants .

After a music career with the electro-clash band EMMA PEAL, Vincent Peal now essentially dedicates his energies to the visual realm. He produced a number of super 8 video clips in NY, London, Berlin...and made a documentary about the outcast living in Brussels. Some of his pictures of the Bombay slums and the problems surrounding the pollution on West Africa’s beaches were selected for the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai in the “World Water Pavilion”.