Street artist Banksy takes swipe at France on migrant crisis

The work criticizes the French police’s use of teargas in the Calais refugee camp known as the “Jungle”.

Elusive graffiti artist and activist, Banksy, has painted yet another mural to depict the horrors faced by asylum-seekers living in the “Jungle” refugee camp in Calais.

That’s not all, though.

If viewers hold their phone over the code, it links them to an online video of a police raid on the camps on 5 January.

According to the Guardian, the seven-minute video shows evidence of French riot police deploying teargas, rubber bullets, and concussion grenades in an attempt to clear the camp after it was deemed unsafe.

Continuing his criticism of the British government over the handling of the biggest crisis since World War II, the mysterious artist painted a stunning image of a crying young girl from the popular movie and musical Les Misérables.

Earlier this month someone added the words “London Calling” in giant letters over the top of the image, using the figure of Steve Jobs, as ever dressed in his black turtle neck jumper, as the letter “I”. The artwork is in reference to the recent use of tear gas at the camp in northern France.

Fans of the artist have been visiting the mural and taking photos of it. Construction worker Ged Glaude, who works on the site opposite the French embassy which is being turned into luxury apartments and shops, told the Mirror “I’ve just arrived at work and saw the press here”.

Security guards stand beside Banksy’s “Donkey Documents”, an intact four ton mural from Jerusalem, in the Design Centre in Chelsea, London..

Banksy has made another strong statement on the Calais migrant and refugee camp.

Banksy has created several works inspired by the refugee crisis.