France Starts Demolition Of ‘Jungle’ Migrant Camp After Weekend Of Clashes

They will be separated into four groups- for families, single men, unaccompanied minors, and other people considered vulnerable-before boarding one of 60 buses which will take them to almost 300 shelters nationwide.

Buses have begun taking the 9,000 migrants away from the controversial camp, which will be shut down for good when the last refugee leaves this week.

One building in the central French town of Loubeyrat was the site of an arson attempt the night before the Calais operation, but a spokeswoman for the region told dpa it was not scheduled to accommodate any of the migrants being evacuated from Calais this week.

Ms Rudd vowed to bring more children from Calais to the United Kingdom in the near future, saying priority would be given to under-12s as well as those considered at a high risk of sexual exploitation and those likely to be granted refugee status in the UK.

“Our latest census shows there are 49 unaccompanied children in the Calais camp who are 13 years old or under”.

The process will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, with the actual demolition process of the camp expected to get under way tomorrow.

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Migrants line up for transportation by bus to reception centers across France, from the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, northern France, Oct. 24, 2016.

Work to dismantle the Calais “jungle” started on Monday and authorities across the country are set to begin rehoming refugees affected by the camp’s closure.

He told the Press Association: “Our priority is to welcome immigrants in order to protect them in France in good structures, good houses”.

There are fears some migrants will refuse to leave because they are determined to reach the UK.

The UK government has prioritised children and youths who can claim family ties in Britain and a French Interior Ministry official said they were still negotiating over hundreds more with no such connections.

Charities are helping the French authorities to process minors that remain in the camp, by conducting interviews and establishing who should also be transferred to the UK.

The camp opened in January of 2015, and has since raised humanitarian concerns over its squalid living conditions.

France is informing the refugees that they have three options for the future. “I like France. The U.K. take the children, but they don’t want the adults”.

Authorities are working to complete the evacuation process so the camp can be removed in the next few days.

Clashes erupted between migrants living in the camp and riot police as the so-called Jungle camp was demolished.

Rosie Ireson has been a member of Hull Help for Refugees for over a year and has made numerous aid trips to the camp in north-western France.

The migrants living in the Jungle believe there are more job opportunities in Britain than in France and majority speak some English – rather than French – and so think they will do better across the channel.