A small camp in Calais, France, housing nearly 8,000 migrants hoping to cross into England, is being evacuated and torn down in what French authorities are calling a “humanitarian” operation. The migrants, fleeing their homes in Africa and the Middle East, are being relocated from the camp known as “the Jungle” to centers across France. Some have decided they do not want to leave, and protests have resulted in fires burning through tents, trailers, shacks, and makeshift shops in the camp. The dismantlement operation is expected to last for a week.
France Dismantles 'The Jungle' in Calais
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Migrants and media look on as a gas canister explodes in the Jungle camp as fires rage, believed to have been started by departing migrants, as authorities demolish the site on October 26, 2016 in Calais, France. #
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An aerial view shows white containers, tents and makeshift shelters on the eve of the evacuation and dismantlement of the camp called the "Jungle" in Calais, France, on October 23, 2016. #
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An Ethiopian migrant, member of the Oromo community, cries as he leaves the "Jungle" to be transfered to reception centers during the start of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais on October 24, 2016. #
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A 16-year-old migrant from Ethiopia cries as he waits to register at a processing center near Calais on October 24, 2016. Long lines of migrants waited calmly in chilly temperatures Monday to board buses in the French port city of Calais, as authorities began evacuating and dismantling the squalid camp they call home. #
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A migrant with his belongings walks past a burning makeshift shelter in the Jungle on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France on October 26, 2016. #
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French police pass by flames on the eve of the evacuation and transfer of migrants to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the Jungle on October 23, 2016. #
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An Afghan adolescent migrant waves from a van as he departs with six others from the emergency shelter for minors in Saint Omer, France as they leave for Britain on October 18, 2016. #
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