JONATHAN BUCKMASTER French police monitor migrants living on a mound of gravel in Calais

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As these pictures show, about 500 people are now living in wasteland just yards from where the notorious “Jungle” shanty town was flattened. They have returned to the area from centres across France, where they were sent after the camp was emptied last year. Now, six months after they were evicted, tension is mounting as hordes gather to try their luck again.

Yesterday, gangs of migrants used burning blockades on the busy A16 motorway close to the port in an effort to ambush UK-bound trucks. There were also skirmishes between riot police and volunteers after they were prevented from handing out aid. Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart banned agencies handing out food and water, fearing it would act as a migrant magnet.

Evacuation of Calais migrant camp Tue, June 21, 2016 A growing number of migrants seeking to reach Britain are trying to leave from the Belgium and France. Here are some of the scenes from the Calais migrant crisis in France... Play slideshow Photoshot 1 of 83 Mirants clash with police in Calais

This is identical to how it all started two years ago Richard Burnett

Yesterday volunteers with the French charity Secours Catholique were involved in clashes with police. Experts said the invasion raised fears of a fresh Anglo-French crisis this summer as increasing numbers congregate to cross the Channel as stowaways.

JONATHAN BUCKMASTER Refugees cluster together near the former Jungle camp

Richard Burnett, chief executive of the Road Haulage Association, who is in Calais with the Daily Express, said: “It’s shocking to see and I get the sense we are heading towards another summer of discontent. This is identical to how it all started two years ago.” Some 10,000 people were ejected after the Jungle was razed in October. But this newspaper saw vast numbers of refugees sitting on gravel mounds close to the ferry terminal yesterday. Many more were spotted in woods and sand dunes where they have made illegal camps, on roads and lurking under motorway bridges, waiting to pounce on British-registered trucks.