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| French authorities are hoping to begin the dismantling of the Calais refugee camp, as hundreds of migrants and refugees queued for a second day for buses taking them to accommodation centres across France. | |
| “Bye bye, Jungle!” one group shouted as they hauled luggage through the muddy lanes of the camp, where thousands of mainly Afghans, Sudanese and Eritreans have been living. | “Bye bye, Jungle!” one group shouted as they hauled luggage through the muddy lanes of the camp, where thousands of mainly Afghans, Sudanese and Eritreans have been living. |
| On Monday, 1,918 people left Calais on buses bound for 80 reception centres across France, according to the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve. | On Monday, 1,918 people left Calais on buses bound for 80 reception centres across France, according to the interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve. |
| “We don’t know yet where we are going, but it will obviously be better than the Jungle, which was made for animals not humans,” said Wahid, a 23-year-old Afghan. | “We don’t know yet where we are going, but it will obviously be better than the Jungle, which was made for animals not humans,” said Wahid, a 23-year-old Afghan. |
| Police at one point intervened to break up a scuffle but Cazeneuve said the operation proceeded in a generally “calm and orderly manner”. | Police at one point intervened to break up a scuffle but Cazeneuve said the operation proceeded in a generally “calm and orderly manner”. |
| The camp’s hundreds of unaccompanied minors have been the main focus of charities’ concerns. In an eleventh-hour gesture, Britain has taken in nearly 200 teenagers over the past week, mostly children with relatives there, but the transfers were on hold on Monday. Hundreds more have been interviewed by British immigration officials and many are still awaiting a reply. | The camp’s hundreds of unaccompanied minors have been the main focus of charities’ concerns. In an eleventh-hour gesture, Britain has taken in nearly 200 teenagers over the past week, mostly children with relatives there, but the transfers were on hold on Monday. Hundreds more have been interviewed by British immigration officials and many are still awaiting a reply. |
| Four hundred children are being provisionally housed in shipping containers in a part of the camp where families had been living. | Four hundred children are being provisionally housed in shipping containers in a part of the camp where families had been living. |
| Cazeneuve said all unaccompanied minors “with proven family links in Great Britain” would eventually be transferred from the camp across the Channel. | Cazeneuve said all unaccompanied minors “with proven family links in Great Britain” would eventually be transferred from the camp across the Channel. |
| The home secretary, Amber Rudd, said the UK was contributing up to £36m towards the operation to clear the camp, as well as to help reinforce Britain’s border controls in Calais. | The home secretary, Amber Rudd, said the UK was contributing up to £36m towards the operation to clear the camp, as well as to help reinforce Britain’s border controls in Calais. |
| On Tuesday, demolition crews will move in to start tearing down the camp, one of the biggest in Europe, where thousands of people have been living in dire conditions. The operation is set to continue until Wednesday. | On Tuesday, demolition crews will move in to start tearing down the camp, one of the biggest in Europe, where thousands of people have been living in dire conditions. The operation is set to continue until Wednesday. |
| Christian Salome, the head of the Auberge des Migrants (migrants’ hostel) charity, said the process was “working well because these are people who were waiting impatiently to leave”. | Christian Salome, the head of the Auberge des Migrants (migrants’ hostel) charity, said the process was “working well because these are people who were waiting impatiently to leave”. |
| “I’m much more concerned about later in the week when the only ones remaining are those who do not want to leave, who still want to reach England,” he said, estimating their number at about 2,000. | “I’m much more concerned about later in the week when the only ones remaining are those who do not want to leave, who still want to reach England,” he said, estimating their number at about 2,000. |