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EU migrant crisis: Clashes as France clears Calais 'Jungle' EU migrant crisis: Clashes as France clears Calais 'Jungle'
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Clashes have broken out in the French port of Calais where demolition teams are dismantling huts in part of a migrant camp known as the Jungle. Clashes broke out as demolition teams dismantled huts in part of a migrant camp known as the Jungle in the French port of Calais.
Riot police fired tear gas after migrants began throwing boulders inside the camp. Water cannon was also used to extinguish a fire in one of the shacks. Riot police fired tear gas after migrants began throwing boulders inside the camp. At least 12 shacks were set ablaze, reports say.
The demolition teams seem to be leaving inhabited huts intact as they move through the camp's southern sector. The demolition teams appeared to leave inhabited huts intact as they move through the camp's southern sector.
The government plans to relocate migrants to reception centres.The government plans to relocate migrants to reception centres.
Those living in the camp, mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel to reach the UK, often using people traffickers to try to enter illegally. Those living in the camp, mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel, often using people traffickers to try to enter illegally.
They fear the changes mean they will be forced to give their fingerprints and claim asylum in France, dashing their dreams of reaching the UK.
The authorities believe some 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan while aid agencies say the number of people living there is much higher.The authorities believe some 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan while aid agencies say the number of people living there is much higher.
'Iron bars'
Clashes continued on Monday evening as groups of migrants fanned out across scrubland towards the motorway heading to the port of Calais, reports the BBC's Anna Holligan at the camp.
French media say about 150 people, some wielding iron bars, climbed onto the road to block vehicles.
Riot police pushed them back into the camp. Earlier water cannon were also used to extinguish a fire in the shacks at the camp.
About 100 homes were dismantled on Monday, with demolition teams expected to return the next morning, our correspondent says.
At least four people, including activists from the UK-based No Borders group, were arrested during the unrest, police say.
'No access''No access'
Workers in high-visibility jackets could be seen tearing down structures and dumping material in a skip as police stood by. Earlier Good Chance, a theatre group which works in the camp, said police were preventing volunteers from entering the camp.
Good Chance, a theatre group which works in the camp, said police were preventing activists from entering the camp.
"No volunteers access," it said in a tweet. "People removed from houses. Police blocking entry. This is what they call a 'soft demolition'.""No volunteers access," it said in a tweet. "People removed from houses. Police blocking entry. This is what they call a 'soft demolition'."
A long line of parked CRS riot police vans stretched along a nearby road.
French officials say public areas in the camp such as places of worship or schools will not be affected and describe the clearance as a "humanitarian operation".French officials say public areas in the camp such as places of worship or schools will not be affected and describe the clearance as a "humanitarian operation".
Conditions in the southern sector are squalid and the camp's sprawling presence has become a controversial issue in both France and the UK.Conditions in the southern sector are squalid and the camp's sprawling presence has become a controversial issue in both France and the UK.
The Jungle in numbersThe Jungle in numbers
Tea, rivalry and ambition at 'Jungle hotel'Tea, rivalry and ambition at 'Jungle hotel'
Jungle migrants prepare to moveJungle migrants prepare to move
Migrants resist relocation to containersMigrants resist relocation to containers
Officials say migrants can either move into heated container accommodation in the northern sector of the camp, where there is room for 1,500 people, move to similar accommodation centres elsewhere in France or claim asylum in France.Officials say migrants can either move into heated container accommodation in the northern sector of the camp, where there is room for 1,500 people, move to similar accommodation centres elsewhere in France or claim asylum in France.
"We try to tell them that they are free... to make their own decisions,'' Nathalie Seys of the social services department told the AP news agency last week, "and that, unlike what we are hearing, they will not be prisoners." But many residents are reluctant to leave the Calais area.
Many residents are reluctant to leave the Calais area.
"Going to Britain... is what people [here] want," Afghan migrant Hayat Sirat told AP. "So destroying part of the jungle is not the solution.""Going to Britain... is what people [here] want," Afghan migrant Hayat Sirat told AP. "So destroying part of the jungle is not the solution."
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