Monday, 18 January 2016

Bulldozers demolish Calais' notorious tent city - despite protests from migrants


Big guns: French riot police prepare to enter the Calais 'Jungle' to evict up to one third of the camp on Monday morning

French authorities have finally begun the demolition of the notorious Jungle camp in Calais,with riot police entering the camp early on Monday morning, to assist in the clearing up. French authorities are set to bulldoze a 330ft 'buffer zone' between the camp and the adjacent motorway, which leads to the ferry port. 

The 1,500 of the camp's 6,000 residents who have been living in the area set to be destroyed are in the process of being moved into new purpose-built housing. However, as the new £20million container camp could only process some 50 people per day, both refugees and volunteers have been worried that hundreds of Jungle residents would be left without shelter. See more photo below..

Changes: Aerial view of the Jungle camp shows the new £20million container housing (pictured top right), which will house some 1,500 people who have been living in the part of the camp which is now set to be demolished

The jungle burns: Fires burn in an Afghan section of the Calais 'Jungle' which has been cleared ahead of a planned eviction on Monday morning, where bulldozers will clear about a third of the notorious camp

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