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Witness the Desperate Migrants in France Hoping to Reach the U.K.

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Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
An aerial view shows a field named "new jungle" with tents and makeshift shelters where migrants and asylum seekers stay in Calais, northern France, on July 21, 2015. Pascal Rossignol—Reuters
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
Migrants wait near a motorway leading to the ferry port to cross the English channel on July 29, 2015. Thibault Camus—AP
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
Migrants wait near a motorway leading to a ferry port to cross the English channel on July 29, 2015. Thibault Camus—AP
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
Migrants wait near a motorway leading to the ferry port to cross the English channel on July 29, 2015. Thibault Camus—AP
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
A French policeman signals to migrants to leave the road as lorries queue in Calais on July 29, 2015. Pascal Rossignol—Reuters
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
Migrants who successfully crossed the Eurotunnel terminal walk on the side of the railroad as they try to reach a shuttle to Great Britain, in Frethun, northern France, on July 28, 2015.Philippe Huguen—AFP/Getty Images
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
A TGV high speed train passes behind razor-wire fencing close to the Channel Tunnel site in Calais, northern France, on July 29, 2015. Pascal Rossignol—Reuters
Calais Channel Tunnel migrants
A general view of the Eurotunnel train tracks at the entrance of the channel tunnel in Coquelles, near Calais, France, on July 29, 2015.Yoan Valat—EPA

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