Jungle Life: JUNGLE_LIFE_05

Calais, December 2014 ” I don’t know my destiny, but this life is hard” says seventeen-year old Théophile who left his poverty stricken family in the Guinean capital Conakry in the hope of becoming a professional footballer or escaping poverty any other way. Recently arrived in the Tioxide jungle, he feels lost. “I’m not sure how to handle the situation here. I talk to other migrants and they tell me about accidents and police beatings. I am very scared.”

Calais, December 2014 ” I don’t know my destiny, but this life is hard” says seventeen-year old Théophile who left his poverty stricken family in the Guinean capital Conakry in the hope of becoming a professional footballer or escaping poverty any other way. Recently arrived in the Tioxide jungle, he feels lost. “I’m not sure how to handle the situation here. I talk to other migrants and they tell me about accidents and police beatings. I am very scared.”