These stunning aerial pictures from above Calais show how the former site of the ‘Jungle’ migrant camp has been retaken by mother nature more than 12 months after the last migrants were forced to move out.
Around 10,000 migrants used to live at the makeshift camp in France until the squalid camp was pulled down by French officials in 2016.
The port city camp was popular with migrants who hoped to try to clamber onto trucks in the desperate hope that they would make it to Britain.
Since the camp was shut down, there has been a dramatic decrease in the amount of violent crime in the area as a number of migrants have applied for asylum in France or dispersed into other parts of the EU.
Yet in August this year, it was revealed that migrants had made 30,000 attempts to reach Britain from Calais despite costly security measures.
The French interior ministry logged 17,867 efforts to break into the fortified zone around the port and Channel Tunnel.
Asylum seekers also tried 12,349 times to stow away on UK-bound lorries. The figures come nearly a year after the closure of the notorious Jungle migrant camp in Calais – raising fears of another shantytown springing up there.
An aerial view take on October 14, 2017, shows that the site of the former ‘Jungle’ migrant camp has seen greenery regrow on its fields
This image shows that most of the grass on the site has regrown although has some way to go until it looks as green as the surrounding fields. In the top left hand side of the picture, the Graftech chemical plant can be seen
This image taken in March 2016 shows just how much the terrain in such a short space of time. While the closest field is virtually devoid of inhabitants, the further field still has a number of tents
This image taken in December 2015 shows the sprawling site at the height of its popularity with migrants. Both fields, separated by a body of water, are filled with a number of tents
Pictured is the camp in August 2016, which used to be home to around 10,000 migrants who had set up camp near the French-British tunnel in the hope of making it into the UK
There are still a number of migrants who are in the surrounding area and authorities still carry out checks on trucks crossing into Britain
Authorities in France have thwarted 30,000 attempts to reach Britain from Calais despite costly security measures
Migrants gather along the A216 highway, near the former site of the ‘Jungle’ camp. The site has had metal fences and barbed wire wrapped around the area so that migrants do not set up camp there again
A group of migrants gather near one of the corners of the camp just last week
Asylum seekers also tried 12,349 times to stow away on UK-bound lorries
Reconstruction work is well underway at the former migrant camp, with sand having been laid down on one section of the camp. A huge white barrier can be seen running alongside the motorway which was designed to stop migrants trying to climb onto trucks
Around 10 migrants are seen near the corner of the ‘Jungle’ camp, next to a busy motorway which migrants used to try and climb onto moving trucks