Grande Synthe (FR)
The informal refugee camp in Grande Synthe, Dunkerque, was strategically located between the highway and the railway. Over 1,500 people lived there with the hope of crossing the Channel to reach Europe. Most of them were Kurdish from Iraq and Syria. The living condition in this camp was slightly improved compared to the Jungle, half an hour drive away, in Calais. Gravel prevented the rain from turning the ground to mud and wood shelters rather than tarps covered the inhabitants in Grande Synthe, but still, hundreds of families spent their time physically and mentally exhausted.
Despite everything, they kept overcoming their weariness and continued to demons- trate qualities of resilience, fueled in part by their hope of a new life in England : “ Everyday, all of us are trying our best to get into these trucks crossing the border to Britain. “
For three days, Jungleye gave the cameras to these families and their kids, and let them shoot their world. A big frame was built in the camp, inviting everyone to share their dreams and capture it in a photograph.