Work Ends to Clear Shelters in Part of France Migrant Camp
Work to clear the last makeshift shelters from part of the migrant camp known as "The Jungle" in the northern French port of Calais was completed Wednesday.
Authorities have left just a few structures housing communal facilities such as mosques or canteens in the 7.5-hectare (18.5-acre) southern part of the camp.
More than 1,000 people had lived in that part of "The Jungle" as they waited to try to scramble on to lorries waiting to board ferries or Channel Tunnel shuttle trains to Britain.
Some of the migrants have moved to more permanent accommodation in shipping containers nearby, while others have headed for camps further along the coast, but hundreds are still living in the northern part of the camp.
Migrants' representatives warned the French government in a statement that it would be "unacceptable" to try to raze the northern sector as well.
Source: Agence France Presse
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