New Wave of Iranian Migrants Swap War at Home for Calais Jungle
6th March 2026
In a corner of the Jungle, the sprawling migrant settlement in northern France, a row of tents sit behind a moat of black mud and plastic waste. This pocket of the camp, known to its inhabitants as Eastern Kurdistan, has become a base for newly arrived Iranians awaiting their turn to be smuggled to Britain.
Makes you wonder why France allows this. I would regard it as an act of war, but that’s me….
Two dozen men and women, all in their twenties, fled the Islamic Republic only ten days ago. Self-proclaimed enemies of the state, they travelled through Turkey and Europe, reaching Dunkirk last night in the back of unmarked vans.
“There are many more on their way,” they say of the route to the Loon-Plage camp, now a primary staging post for small boats attempting to cross the Channel.
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