Cork woman describes scenes at Calais as 'insane'
The refugee camp in Calais is being described as - insane - by one Cork Based group that has travelled over to provide assistance.
Hundreds of people fleeing war torn Syria and other middle east countries continue to arrive in the French port town each day.
They hope to make the crossing to the UK - but instead are left sleeping outdoors.
The Cork convoy, which included a medical team, three articulated lorries and six vans left Rosslare on Thursday evening, and they intend to spend a number of days distributing food, clothes and building shelters at a refugee camp in Calais.
The Ireland Calais Refugee Solidarity was set up by Douglas woman Tracey Ryan and the group's 'gofundme' page has raised over 86 thousand euro to date.
Tracey describes the scenes they've witnessed:
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