Building work has begun on a wall in Calais to prevent migrants from stowing away on cars, trucks, ferries and trains bound for Britain. Dubbed ‘The Great Wall of Calais,’ the concrete barrier half a mile long and 13 feet high on both sides of the two-lane highway approaching the harbour will pass within a few hundred metres of ‘the Jungle’ housing more than 10,000 migrants from Africa, Asia and the Middle East trying to reach Britain. The wall is due to be completed by the end of 2016. Around 200 migrants from Calais are successfully smuggled into Britain each week according to police estimates. Migrants create roadblocks to slow trucks. When trucks stop, they climb aboard the vehicles heading to the Channel Tunnel or ferries. Many of the migrants who are turned away move to the Jungle and try over and over again. The image of Calais today in the media is very negative.