Jeremy Corbyn today visited a temporary camp in Dunkirk to speak to thousands of migrants attem
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- The Grand-Synthe settlement is home to around 2,500 migrants who are living in conditions so squalid that aid workers say it is on the brink of a sanitation crisis.
- Some migrants posed for selfies with the Labour leader as he chatted to locals in the muddy camp.
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- Migrants posed for selfies with the politician as he made his way through the temporary camp, which is located close to the ferry port
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- Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn visits a temporary camp in Dunkirk, France, where thousands of migrants and refugees attempting to reach the UK are currently living
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- Flanked by reporters and TV crews, Corbyn reaches for a baby girl's hand as she is carried through the migrant camp by her father
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- Corbyn walks through the muddy and squalid conditions of the camp, where bin liners and rubbish surround the tents
- Applause and confetti as Corbyn visits Dunkirk migrant camp
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- Corbyn, flanked with volunteer groups representatives, speaks to some of the migrants in the camp during today's visit to France
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- Volunteers and Corbyn waded through the muddy conditions to speak to some of the migrants as he visited the camp where they are living
- His visit comes amid a growing urgency over the migrant crisis, with French prime minister Manuel Valls warning the huge influx is putting the European Union's future in 'grave danger'.
- During his visit, Mr Corbyn was given a tour of the site meeting refugees and aid workers before speaking of the 'dreadful situation' faced by people camped in the swamp-like conditions.
- He said: 'What I'm trying to achieve here is to understand the nature of the refugee crisis that's facing the whole of Europe.
- 'Ultimately we deal with the situation by dealing with the problem at its source, which are the wars and conflicts.
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- 'These conditions are a disgrace anywhere. We as human beings have to reach out to fellow human beings.'
- Mr Corbyn said Britain should be part of a pan-European effort to help the people affected by the crisis.
- And he went on: 'Germany has done an enormous amount, other countries have done varying amounts and I think we should be part of bringing European support to people.'
- Photographs show the squalid conditions of the temporary set-up, where people are sleeping rough.
- Jeremy Corbyn as he holds crying baby: 'He's not liking me!'
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- Corbyn walks through the muddy conditions with aid workers as part of the visit to the camp, which houses around 2,500 migrants
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- A young boy sits in squalid conditions next to an open fire as Corbyn visited the Grand-Synthe settlement today
- In one picture a young boy sits next to an open fire next to his family's tent.
- Some migrants threw confetti and applauded Corbyn as he left the camp, while one man shouted at him to 'sort it out'.
- The shanty town where thousands of people are squatting is just five miles from the ferry port and some critics claimed it will act as a magnet for migrants and become the latest 'jumping off point' for those trying to enter the UK.
- This month it was announced that the new encampment at Grand-Synthe would have heated tents, running water, toilets and showers and will be built close to the site of an existing rat-infested shanty town where thousands are squatting.
- Work began immediately, with completion expected within weeks.
- It is less than 30 miles from the 'new Jungle' camp near Calais where around 5,000 migrants wait while they try to reach the UK on board lorries and ferries.
- The numbers of migrants and refugees at Grande-Synthe have steadily risen since last October, from around 800 people sleeping rough there to around 2,500 in recent weeks.
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- Aid workers deliver eggs to the 2,500 people that have set up camp in Dunkirk where thousands of people are squatting
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- A young boy struggles to carry a box of belongings, as a a young girl looks out of her pram near to a row of tents in Dunkirk today
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- A mattress, sleeping bags, clothes and other belongings have been discarded in the camp, close to where migrants are living
- Squalid conditions laid bare at migrants camp near Dunkirk
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Most are Kurds from Iran, Syria and Iraq looking to cross to the UK, including some 250 children, according to Medecins Sans Frontieres.
The organisation took action in the face of what it called a failure by the authorities to offer decent living conditions to the masses camped there in ankle-deep mud.
Aid workers said people have been living in ultra-thin tents surrounded by puddles of water and food, which has attracted rats, prompting regular extermination operations.
Help and donations, including food, clothing and tents, have come from volunteers who often arrive at weekends from the UK, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands.
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