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Migrants build life in 'jungle'

By Associated Press in Calais, France | China Daily | Updated: 2015-11-26 07:48

Outside, acrid smoke from wood fires stings the eye, the stench of uncollected garbage and neglected toilets assaults the nose, and an autumn wind chills the bone. But inside Mimi Amanuel's immaculate wood-framed shack, the nightmare life of Calais' migrant camp cannot overpower a woman's dreams.

The Eritrean has left behind a husband and 6-year-old son to travel alone through the Sahara, across the Mediterranean to Italy, and finally to Europe's most strangely sophisticated shantytown with waterfront views of England.

She's not quite alone. The future kicks inside her.

Migrants build life in 'jungle'

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