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French police to expel migrants from Calais camps French police to expel migrants from Calais camps
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Police in the northern French city of Calais are set to remove about 800 migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa occupying camps near the port.Police in the northern French city of Calais are set to remove about 800 migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa occupying camps near the port.
The authorities say the evictions are needed to deal with an outbreak of scabies in the camps, where numbers have swelled in recent months.The authorities say the evictions are needed to deal with an outbreak of scabies in the camps, where numbers have swelled in recent months.
Police surrounded the site after a deadline for people to leave expired.Police surrounded the site after a deadline for people to leave expired.
The migrants have been trying to get to Britain, and say they have nowhere else to go after the camps are destroyed.The migrants have been trying to get to Britain, and say they have nowhere else to go after the camps are destroyed.
An Eritrean migrant told the BBC he tried to cross the English Channel by boarding lorries but was stopped by police several times. "I will try again and again," he said. Several busloads of police arrived at the camps early on Wednesday. Police are now involved in a stand-off with activists there, the BBC's Paul Adams at the site says.
The BBC's Paul Adams at the site says most there believe that England will be a more welcoming place, if only they can get there. An Eritrean migrant said he had tried to cross the English Channel by boarding lorries but was stopped by police several times. "I will try again and again," he told the BBC.
Most people at the camps believe the UK will be a more welcoming place if only they can get there, our correspondent says.
In 2002 the French government closed the main Red Cross centre at Sangatte near Calais, but insanitary illegal camps have sprung up in its place.