Calais migrant eviction under way

[Heidi]

Source: BBC

Tuesday, 22 September 2009 06:47 UK

French police have begun an operation to dismantle a makeshift camp set up by migrants near the port of Calais.

Officials had vowed that the camp, known as "the jungle", would be demolished by the end of the week.

The camp has been home to up to 1,500 migrants - although most had left in the face of the operation

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About 300 migrants were still in the camp as the operation began early on Tuesday.

Our correspondent says that overnight the inhabitants put up banners saying "please don't destroy our jungle - this is our home" but she says they seem resigned to their eviction.



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