GETTY Migrants are slowly returning to Calais and northern France, charity workers say

FREE now and never miss the top politics stories again. SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow and never miss the top politics stories again. We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights.

New encampments are springing up across the north coast of France as asylum seekers continue to attempt the illegal crossing of the Channel to secure a new life in Britain. More and more migrants are also congregating in the French capital Paris, where they have turned once fashionable areas of the city into squalid shanty towns.

However, there are also reports of abuses by the police and authorities, including confiscating blankets from asylum seekers sleeping in tents and makeshift shelters amid plummeting temperatures. Figures compiled by the charity Care4Calais estimate that there are 200 migrants now living in pop-up camps in and around Calais and a further 100 in the wider area, a number which includes 50 children.

GETTY The Jungle camp was bulldozed by authorities in October last year

GETTY Authorities have significantly bolstered the security in and around Calais port

Aid workers say that on average around 10 asylum seekers arrive in Calais every day from all parts of the globe, and that last Sunday a large group of 117 arrived within a few hours of each other. On top of that the number of people at the Grande Synthe camp in nearby Dunkirk, which has become the largest in the area, has swelled to more than 1,300. Care4Calais spokesperson Sue Jex said: “The latest report highlights concerning issues that we have been facing for many months in the Calais area. "Any sustainable long term solution to the refugee problem in Northern France requires recognition of the underlying reasons that refugees travel there. "Many have close family or community ties to the UK, have served with the British Army in Afghanistan or have lived in the UK previously."

She added: "The clearance of the Calais camp has not addressed the underlying reasons why refugees arrive in Northern France, and so in the long term will not stop the refugees from gathering there. "This is one of the greatest humanitarian crises of our time, and action needs to be taken now to resolve the problem properly." However, despite the rising numbers they are still a far cry from those at the height of the Calais crisis last summer, when as many as 10,000 people were crammed into the squalid Jungle camp and surrounding areas. Brutal and violent attacks on UK-bound truckers were a daily occurrence with migrants using rocks, iron bars and chainsaws in desperate bids to break into lorries and reach Britain.

Calais Jungle Camp: Before and After Fri, November 11, 2016 Extraordinary photographs show life in the last days of the Calais 'Jungle' refugee camp at the end of October, alongside the current scene as it stands today. Play slideshow 1 of 24