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Calais refugee camp: hundreds leave on buses as clearance operation begins – live | |
(35 minutes later) | |
12.44pm BST | |
12:44 | |
900 migrants depart Calais | |
The number of migrants who have left the Calais camp today continues to rise, according to BBC News producer Piers Scholfield: | |
Now up to 900 departed on 23 buses. #Calais | |
#Calais prefect says 60 buses should leave today. Would be approx 2,500 people if they continue at the same rate. | |
12.36pm BST | |
12:36 | |
Angelique Chrisafis has tweeted this picture from Calais: | |
#calais afghans waiting 4 bus to pays de loire, had board game of how to get to UK, would apply for asylum in France pic.twitter.com/xVR0OY6M8v | |
12.31pm BST | |
12:31 | |
The Tory MP for Dover, Charlie Elphicke, fears a surge of migrants will try to cross the Channel after the Calais camp is finally closed. | |
A vocal opponent of the sprawling site, he says border security must now be stepped up: “People will be more desperate than ever to see if they can break into Britain.” | |
He welcomed the creation of an immigration “gold command” in Kent: “It shows that the authorities are taking the risk seriously and I hope the dismantling of the ‘jungle’ continues to go off peacefully as it has so far.” | |
Elphicke’s constituency could become the first calling point for migrants seeking to enter the UK following calls last week from French presidential hopeful Alain Juppe for the border to be moved back to the British side of the Channel. | |
“Whatever happens, we need to be prepared for every eventuality and we need to take control. That means we need to invest in the Dover controls, intelligence, security on the English channel, as well as better roads to Dover,” the MP said. “It is in the interests of Dover and Calais that Britain and France work together to end the Calais migrant magnet.” | |
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at 12.33pm BST | |
12.10pm BST | 12.10pm BST |
12:10 | 12:10 |
Home affairs editor Alan Travis is also monitoring events from London today: | Home affairs editor Alan Travis is also monitoring events from London today: |
Home Office say the transfer of Calais children to Britain has been 'temporarily paused' at French request due to camp clearance | Home Office say the transfer of Calais children to Britain has been 'temporarily paused' at French request due to camp clearance |
11.57am BST | 11.57am BST |
11:57 | 11:57 |
Angelique Chrisafis | Angelique Chrisafis |
Angelique Chrisafis is also inside the processing centre hangar. She reports that for some people the choice of destination is more or less arbitrary. | Angelique Chrisafis is also inside the processing centre hangar. She reports that for some people the choice of destination is more or less arbitrary. |
#calais a lone Sudanese man who doesn't know France picks Normandy on a map, gets blue wristband, waits for bus | #calais a lone Sudanese man who doesn't know France picks Normandy on a map, gets blue wristband, waits for bus |
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at 11.57am BST | at 11.57am BST |
11.51am BST | 11.51am BST |
11:51 | 11:51 |
Lisa O'Carroll | Lisa O'Carroll |
We’ve just been given access to the hangar where migrants are being asked to queue up for their place on a bus and hopefully a fresh start on life, Lisa O’Carroll reports. | We’ve just been given access to the hangar where migrants are being asked to queue up for their place on a bus and hopefully a fresh start on life, Lisa O’Carroll reports. |
While it is quite intense it is orderly. Migrants are shown a map of the regions of France and asked to say where they want to go. This man is happy with Normandy. | While it is quite intense it is orderly. Migrants are shown a map of the regions of France and asked to say where they want to go. This man is happy with Normandy. |
11.47am BST | 11.47am BST |
11:47 | 11:47 |
The port of Calais, the closest point between Britain and continental Europe, has for more than 15 years been a magnet for refugees and migrants who want to start a new life in this country. | The port of Calais, the closest point between Britain and continental Europe, has for more than 15 years been a magnet for refugees and migrants who want to start a new life in this country. |
Here is a potted history of some major episodes in the development of the migrant camps around the city. | Here is a potted history of some major episodes in the development of the migrant camps around the city. |
11.34am BST | 11.34am BST |
11:34 | 11:34 |
600 people bussed away from Calais camp by 11.30am | 600 people bussed away from Calais camp by 11.30am |
By 11:30, 600 refugees & migrants had left by bus to places including burgundy, north eastern France, western France #calais | By 11:30, 600 refugees & migrants had left by bus to places including burgundy, north eastern France, western France #calais |
Updated | Updated |
at 11.35am BST | at 11.35am BST |
11.31am BST | 11.31am BST |
11:31 | 11:31 |
Our reporters have arrived back at the processing queues and say that all is now calm in the area. We will keep an eye on the situation. | Our reporters have arrived back at the processing queues and say that all is now calm in the area. We will keep an eye on the situation. |
11.24am BST | 11.24am BST |
11:24 | 11:24 |
The Press Association has filed a few lines on the unrest among people waiting to be processed and transferred away from Calais. Details of what is happening are still very patchy, but according to this PA update from just after 11am: | The Press Association has filed a few lines on the unrest among people waiting to be processed and transferred away from Calais. Details of what is happening are still very patchy, but according to this PA update from just after 11am: |
Dozens of riot police marched in to control the queue, as people started to push and shove at the front just before midday. | Dozens of riot police marched in to control the queue, as people started to push and shove at the front just before midday. |
While a few punches were thrown in scuffles, most of the crowd waited patiently inside the barriers which police then spread out to give them more space. | While a few punches were thrown in scuffles, most of the crowd waited patiently inside the barriers which police then spread out to give them more space. |
Police have formed a barrier to prevent people queuing from behind from joining the fray until the situation becomes less volatile. | Police have formed a barrier to prevent people queuing from behind from joining the fray until the situation becomes less volatile. |
Our video team has taken the footage from the tweet below and republished it the right way round. | Our video team has taken the footage from the tweet below and republished it the right way round. |
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at 11.34am BST | at 11.34am BST |