Authorities start Calais clear-out

French authorities will begin work to clear the socalled Jungle refugee camp in Calais today amid warnings that proper preparations have not been made to protect vulnerable children still living in the squalid conditions there.

Thousands of migrants still at thecampwill be processed by authorities and moved to centres around France before demolition work begins tomorrow.

Violence in the camp has flared – with police using tear gas.

Dozens more refugees from the Jungle have been transferred to the UK over the weekend, but governments on both sides of the English Channel have been urged to do more to speed up the process.

The recent arrivals include the first under the Dubs amendment – which obliged the UK Government to take in some vulnerable unaccompanied children Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants chief executive Saira Grant said: “It is a welcome development that – five months after passing a law to helpunaccompaniedminor children – we are finally seeing some being brought over. The process, unfortunately, has been shambolic.”

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Migrants in the Jungle camp in Calais, France