A
few hours into the day at the warehouse, Gayle, one of our volunteers,
came and asked if I wanted to help them deliver some logs into the camp.
I jumped at the chance of going to help with this and Gayle, Louisa and
myself along with 'Uncle' Labied set off in convoy with a transit full
of wood, dates and rice.
The
police had had the most direct access to the camp locked down earlier
in the day, which meant a long journey round to the back of the camp.
Luckily as we approached the quick route the slip road was open despite a
police van being there and several police officers who were glaring at
us as we approached - there is no love lost between police, refugees or
anyone helping the refugees!
It
was as we approached the slip road that I got my first look at the
infamous double fence with loops and loops of razor wire atop them which
have been erected by the French using money given by the UK government,
I'm lead to believe.
This
fencing, two fences one side of the dual carriageway and two the other
are a deterrent to keep the refugees away from the road and
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