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Calais camp: riot police prepare to demolish refugee dwellings – live | Calais camp: riot police prepare to demolish refugee dwellings – live |
(35 minutes later) | |
6.18am BST | |
06:18 | |
“Can’t someone help me find my mum?” | |
Angelique Chrisafis | |
On the eve of the operation raze the camp, young residents were beset by fear and anxiety about their future. | |
Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis spoke to Aaron, 16, from Eritrea, who arrived in Calais in June after a perilous journey fleeing conflict. He became separated from his mother along the way, and hopes to reunite with her in Britain. | |
Read the full story here: | |
6.16am BST | |
06:16 | |
'They have no idea where in France they will be sent' | |
1/Before dawn in #calais hundreds of mainly Sudanese men with donated rucksacks stand in line waiting to be put on buses across France | |
2/They have no idea where in France they will be sent. They will be shown a map & given a choice of 2 regions #Calais | |
6.14am BST | |
06:14 | |
An ITV reporter on the scene says the first buses have arrived to move people out of the camp. | |
First buses have arrived in #Calais to take away thousands of migrants and refugees from the #Jungle camp @GMB pic.twitter.com/SwUbkqy6pO | |
6.08am BST | |
06:08 | |
Angelique Chrisafis | |
Our Paris correspondent Angelique Chrisafis is in the Calais camp watching events unfold and has sent this report: | |
By 6am in Calais, refugees and migrants had begun to line up with rucksacks on the road outside the hangar where buses would later take them to processing accommodation centres across France. | |
Some others, who didn’t want to stay in France and who had given up hope of getting to England, were chancing it on their own - some going to Germany or to Italy. Ehsan, 20, from Afghanistan, had been trying to stow away on trucks to Kent six nights a week for four months. | |
He was now going by train back to Italy where he had been fingerprinted upon arrival in Europe. ‘Nobody knows what the future holds,’ he said. ‘I just want to be safe and to one day find work.’ | |
6.03am BST | |
06:03 | |
Refugees and migrants arrive at official meeting points | |
Backing up what we have seen from Twitter, AFP now reports that people have started arriving at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the Calais camp. | |
Men and women carrying suitcases and bundles of possessions gathered in front of a warehouse which is serving as the main headquarters of the operation in which some 6,000 to 8,000 migrants will be moved to reception centres across the country. | |
A queue of around 60 people already stretched in front of the closed doors of the operational headquarters, under the glow of streetlights. | |
Dozens of riot police vehicles and other trucks carrying equipment had earlier set off in the direction of the operation centre, an AFP correspondent saw.” | |
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at 6.04am BST | |
5.56am BST | |
05:56 | |
As dawn breaks there seems to be more reporters than refugees outside the processing centre. | |
Morning in Calais; a few dozen migrants wait to be processed, surrounded by camera crews. A depressing sight. pic.twitter.com/NjywPgWicK | |
Pre dawn in the Calais Jungle - going to be a long day pic.twitter.com/PSQThPA4YA | |
Bonjour à tous, il est bientôt 7h à #Calais. Pour le moment, il y a plus de journalistes que de migrants attendant les bus pour les CAO pic.twitter.com/nWQuvlfO2Z | |
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at 6.00am BST | |
5.53am BST | |
05:53 | |
A reminder of the sheer scale of the camp, which has been a temporary home to about 8,000 people. | |
5.49am BST | 5.49am BST |
05:49 | 05:49 |
Police are reportedly due to move into the camp in one hour. | Police are reportedly due to move into the camp in one hour. |
Our corresp @cntrentF24 at #Calais says several hundred migrants already queing to leave camp. Police due to move in in an hour. | Our corresp @cntrentF24 at #Calais says several hundred migrants already queing to leave camp. Police due to move in in an hour. |
5.45am BST | 5.45am BST |
05:45 | 05:45 |
More images are coming out of refugees and migrants queuing to enter the processing area. | More images are coming out of refugees and migrants queuing to enter the processing area. |
Calais pic.twitter.com/zPoh8ukjZu | Calais pic.twitter.com/zPoh8ukjZu |
Preparing to go. pic.twitter.com/6boWqUt4dD | Preparing to go. pic.twitter.com/6boWqUt4dD |
This is what the warehouse looked like yesterday: | This is what the warehouse looked like yesterday: |
Adults, families, vulnerable & unaccompanied children will queue up here. #calais pic.twitter.com/pz2h0wizit | Adults, families, vulnerable & unaccompanied children will queue up here. #calais pic.twitter.com/pz2h0wizit |
5.36am BST | 5.36am BST |
05:36 | 05:36 |
Story of the Calais refugee camp | Story of the Calais refugee camp |
Christmas Day 2001 | Christmas Day 2001 |
Eurotunnel, which said it was stopping 200 refugees each night from smuggling themselves into Britain, is stormed by 500 people who break through security barriers but fail to reach England. | Eurotunnel, which said it was stopping 200 refugees each night from smuggling themselves into Britain, is stormed by 500 people who break through security barriers but fail to reach England. |
December 2002 | December 2002 |
Sangatte refugee camp – opened in 1999 by the Red Cross in a warehouse to shelter 600 people who had been sleeping rough around the port – is closed after the UK agreed to give temporary work permits to accept 1,250 Kurds and Afghans, while France gave residency to 400. | Sangatte refugee camp – opened in 1999 by the Red Cross in a warehouse to shelter 600 people who had been sleeping rough around the port – is closed after the UK agreed to give temporary work permits to accept 1,250 Kurds and Afghans, while France gave residency to 400. |
April 2009 | April 2009 |
French police arrest 190 at one of the small, outdoor camps that have sprung up since 2002 and the site is bulldozed. | French police arrest 190 at one of the small, outdoor camps that have sprung up since 2002 and the site is bulldozed. |
September 2009 | September 2009 |
A raid is staged to bulldoze another camp and 276 are arrested. | A raid is staged to bulldoze another camp and 276 are arrested. |
July 2014 | July 2014 |
French police again raid a “jungle” camp. Those arrested are briefly detained. | French police again raid a “jungle” camp. Those arrested are briefly detained. |
October 2014 | October 2014 |
Riot police use teargas to disperse 350 refugees trying to climb aboard trucks at Calais port. | Riot police use teargas to disperse 350 refugees trying to climb aboard trucks at Calais port. |
January 2015 | January 2015 |
France opens a centre at Calais to shelter 50 women and children. Around 1,000 are now sleeping rough at the new “jungle” on wasteland outside Calais. A second camp springs up in Dunkirk, further east. | France opens a centre at Calais to shelter 50 women and children. Around 1,000 are now sleeping rough at the new “jungle” on wasteland outside Calais. A second camp springs up in Dunkirk, further east. |
June 2015 | June 2015 |
Calais council estimates 3,000 are encamped around the town - 600 of them unaccompanied children. By November the total is 6,000. | Calais council estimates 3,000 are encamped around the town - 600 of them unaccompanied children. By November the total is 6,000. |
March 2016 | March 2016 |
David Cameron announces £17m is to be given to France to help deal with the migrants, including building a 1km long wall. | David Cameron announces £17m is to be given to France to help deal with the migrants, including building a 1km long wall. |
April 2016 | April 2016 |
A call for Britain to take in some 3,000 refugee children is rejected by MPs. | A call for Britain to take in some 3,000 refugee children is rejected by MPs. |
May 2016 | May 2016 |
A new Immigration Act – the seventh in eight years – includes the “Dubs amendment” saying the UK will give sanctuary to unaccompanied children from Europe. To date, no children have been admitted to the UK under Dubs. | A new Immigration Act – the seventh in eight years – includes the “Dubs amendment” saying the UK will give sanctuary to unaccompanied children from Europe. To date, no children have been admitted to the UK under Dubs. |
September 2016 | September 2016 |
Lorry drivers and local traders are joined by the mayor of Calais in a protest calling for the closure of the “jungle”. | Lorry drivers and local traders are joined by the mayor of Calais in a protest calling for the closure of the “jungle”. |
October 2016 | October 2016 |
21 children who have relatives in the UK arrive, to uproar from anti-immigration campaigners who dispute their age. | 21 children who have relatives in the UK arrive, to uproar from anti-immigration campaigners who dispute their age. |
5.26am BST | 5.26am BST |
05:26 | 05:26 |
The operation is being covered by hundreds of journalists. | The operation is being covered by hundreds of journalists. |
700 journalists in #Calais to witness the destruction of the refugee and migrant camp | 700 journalists in #Calais to witness the destruction of the refugee and migrant camp |
5.24am BST | 5.24am BST |
05:24 | 05:24 |
Refugees and migrants wait to be processed | Refugees and migrants wait to be processed |
The sun is yet to come up in Calais, but some are already packed and queuing. | The sun is yet to come up in Calais, but some are already packed and queuing. |
Migrants from Calais jungle already waiting to be processed. pic.twitter.com/vjGHxp4xVp | Migrants from Calais jungle already waiting to be processed. pic.twitter.com/vjGHxp4xVp |
Queues already forming outside Calais hangar where migrants must register. pic.twitter.com/3IJgoD24FF | Queues already forming outside Calais hangar where migrants must register. pic.twitter.com/3IJgoD24FF |
Updated | Updated |
at 5.27am BST | at 5.27am BST |
5.19am BST | 5.19am BST |
05:19 | 05:19 |
Unrest flares ahead of evictions | Unrest flares ahead of evictions |
The Press Association reports that ahead of the looming eviction, violence in the camp flared, with tear gas released by police on Saturday and Sunday evenings amid clashes involving small rocks being thrown. | The Press Association reports that ahead of the looming eviction, violence in the camp flared, with tear gas released by police on Saturday and Sunday evenings amid clashes involving small rocks being thrown. |
Camp residents reportedly shouted and jeered as a convoy of police vans drove past the edge of the camp as darkness fell on Sunday. | Camp residents reportedly shouted and jeered as a convoy of police vans drove past the edge of the camp as darkness fell on Sunday. |
5.01am BST | 5.01am BST |
05:01 | 05:01 |
Fears children could be lost in 'total chaos' | Fears children could be lost in 'total chaos' |
Alexandra Topping, Lisa O’Carroll and Angelique Chrisafis write that French and British authorities are racing to process hundreds of children in the Calais refugee camp amid fears that vulnerable minors could be lost in the “total chaos” of the site’s planned demolition. | Alexandra Topping, Lisa O’Carroll and Angelique Chrisafis write that French and British authorities are racing to process hundreds of children in the Calais refugee camp amid fears that vulnerable minors could be lost in the “total chaos” of the site’s planned demolition. |
Read the full story here: | Read the full story here: |
5.00am BST | 5.00am BST |
05:00 | 05:00 |
French police prepare to clear site | French police prepare to clear site |
Police are preparing to move into the camp and start demolition and the Guardian is going to be following events as they unfold. | Police are preparing to move into the camp and start demolition and the Guardian is going to be following events as they unfold. |
The authorities plan to separate residents of the camp into groups. Those with families ties to the UK will be sent to Britain, along with at least 1,000 children. The rest will be moved to a hangar, from which they will be bussed to towns in regional France and given the opportunity to claim asylum. | The authorities plan to separate residents of the camp into groups. Those with families ties to the UK will be sent to Britain, along with at least 1,000 children. The rest will be moved to a hangar, from which they will be bussed to towns in regional France and given the opportunity to claim asylum. |
Clearing the camp is expected to take a week. | Clearing the camp is expected to take a week. |
The French interior ministry has said it “does not want to use force but if there are migrants who refuse to leave, or NGOs who cause trouble, the police might be forced to intervene”. | The French interior ministry has said it “does not want to use force but if there are migrants who refuse to leave, or NGOs who cause trouble, the police might be forced to intervene”. |
Updated | Updated |
at 5.04am BST | at 5.04am BST |