Calais, an ongoing crisis

Utopia 56, L' Auberge des Migrants, and Sheltersuit have joined forces in Calais to provide essential support to refugees. Calais has become a focal point of a deep humanitarian crisis, with countless displaced individuals seeking refuge and facing dire circumstances.
In the midst of this challenging situation, our goal is to make a difference by extending a helping hand to those in need. We need your support. Calais is an ongoing crisis.

It has been 30 years since people are stuck at the border, forced to be living in awful conditions.

- Francesca Morassut, coordinator at Utopia56 -

Calais, our shelter without shelter

Calais is a city in northern France where many people who have fled from violence and persecution in their homelands hope to find safety and a new life in the UK. The people who seek refuge in Calais face many risks and challenges in their current situation.

The French authorities often mistreat the people living in these sites and try to force them to leave or prevent them from coming, but this does not address the root causes of their displacement or their need for protection.

We are talking about a humanitarian call of action.

Photography: ©Anorak - Tents in Calais

People Helping People in Calais

Utopia 56 and L’Auberge des Migrants contribute with their expertise in emergency aid, establishing shelters and safe spaces while our portable functional solutions offer shelter and warmth, while

Together, we strive to alleviate the issue of displaced individuals and raise global awareness of the crisis in Calais.

Photography: ©Anorak - Sheltersuits were brought to Calais to support the crisis

We brought help in form of Sheltersuits, many more are still needed

To fight this we had a clear action, bringing Sheltersuits to Calais. We want to do more. We can speak about the situation, we can provide warmth, care, and freedom both through the products and by uniting forces.

The situation is a humanitarian crisis requiring a cooperative response from individuals like you and us. We brought hundreds of Sheltersuits but the crisis is ongoing. People still need our help.

The Sheltersuit is meant to protect the person and empower them to feel comfortable and safe. Give a Sheltersuit, give voice, give a chance.

Photography: ©Anorak - The Sheltersuit

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLE

Active partnerships

With police evictions, tents, blankets and overall clothes, being taken by the police, people are left with nothing. The Sheltersuits can help keep someone warm and free. When they told us that they were able to bring us hundreds of them in Calais, that’s amazing!

- William Feuillard, coordinator at L'Auberge des Migrants -

We want to help more

Given our current efforts and the amount of Sheltersuits we have brought it is unlikely that we can achieve a significant impact in the field.

However, we can still strive to alleviate the hardships faced by displaced individual and simultaneously aim to raise awareness about the situation in Calais. By doing so, we hope to increase the number of people who are getting the support they need.

We ask you to continue helping us to support Calais.

We can not talk about respect of human rights here in Calais, it doesn’t justify in any matter, in any way what happens here. It is our hope to alleviate the situation as much as possible.

- Francesca Morassut, coordinator at Utopia56 -