Migrants stranded in Calais Jungle as demolition ramps up

AFP, CALAIS, France: Dozens of migrants stranded in the Calais “Jungle”, some of them children, desperately sought a way out Thursday as diggers begin tearing down the last remaining shelters in the burnt-out camp in northern France.
A day after the official operation to evict the migrants came to a dramatic end, with fires ripping through the shantytown, around 100 people were still waiting to know their fate.
The interior ministry said Wednesday that nearly 5,600 migrants had been taken into shelters around France or accepted into Britain—out of the 6,400 estimated by authorities to have been living in the camp up until this week.
Officials hailed the operation as a success, saying the informal part of the camp was now empty. But scores of migrants were left behind, some of whom slept in the biting cold, huddled together in sleeping bags. 

 

Migrants stranded in Calais Jungle as demolition ramps up

AFP, CALAIS, France: Dozens of migrants stranded in the Calais Jungle, some of them children, desperately sought a way out Thursday as diggers begin tearing down the last remaining shelters in the burnt-out camp in northern France. A day after the official operation to evict the migrants came to a dramatic end, with fires ripping through the shantytown, around 100 people were still waiting to know their fate. The interior ministry said Wednesday that nearly 5,600 migrants had been taken into shelters around France or accepted into Britainout of the 6,400 estimated by authorities to have been living in the camp up until this week. Officials hailed the operation as a success, saying the informal part of the camp was now empty. But scores of migrants were left behind, some of whom slept in the biting cold, huddled together in sleeping bags.