Summary

  • Operation to clear the Calais migrant camp begins

  • Camp has been housing some 7,000 people in squalid conditions

  • Migrants are due to be taken to refugee centres across France

  • Fears some migrants will refuse to go as they still want to get to the UK

  • Some clashes took place over the weekend

  1. We're pausing our live coverage for nowpublished at 13:25 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    Here's a summary of the latest developments:

    • More than 700 migrants have left the Jungle so far on 17 buses. There were an estimated 8,143 migrants in the camp
    • The Calais police commissioner Patrick Visser-Bourdon has told migrants he may not have enough buses to take them away from Calais on Monday
    • PA news agency has reported some scuffles as people leave the camp and queue for the coaches, but most remained calm
    • Those on the coaches are due to be taken to refugee centres across France
    • The UK has "paused" the transfer of some migrant children from Calais to Britain "due to planned operational activity" in Calais, the Home Office has said. It is understood the pause will last 24 hours.

    Our main story will continue to be updated with the latest from Calais - read more here.

    A migrant prepares to leave the Jungle campImage source, Reuters
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    A migrant prepares to leave the Jungle camp

  2. 'Exhausted' migrants leave queuepublished at 12:55 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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    Some migrants are leaving the long queue of people waiting to be processed and transferred, says French journalist Antonin Sabot.

    One young Sudanese told him he was exhausted.

    The atmosphere is tense and there is some pushing and shoving, Mr Sabot says.

  3. UK 'pauses' migrant children transferpublished at 12:49 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    The UK authorities say they have halted the transfer of some migrant children from Calais to Britain.

    It is understood the pause will last 24 hours.

    "Due to planned operational activity in Calais and at the request of the French authorities, we have reluctantly agreed that the transfer process will be temporarily paused," the Home Office said in a statement.

    Children and teenagers have been coming over the past week - some with family in the UK and others judged to be vulnerable.

    French officials say about 200 children have left Calais for the UK.

    Earlier today, 20 child migrants arrived at a residential centre in the south of the UK.

    The youngsters - who are all believed to be male and under the age of 18 - arrived by bus at about 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT). 

    It is believed the migrants - originally from Afghanistan, Sudan and Syria - will receive medical checks before decisions are made about what will happen to them next. 

    A local MP has said up to 70 youngsters could be brought to the North Devon region in total. 

    Read more.

  4. Struggling to keep order at Calaispublished at 12:18 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    Simon Jones reports on the "chaotic" scenes at the Calais "Jungle" camp.

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  5. '716 migrants have left Calais'published at 11:53 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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  6. BBC Snapchat updates from Calaispublished at 11:45 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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  7. Bidding farewell to the 'Jungle'published at 11:43 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    Migrants on a coachImage source, AP
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    Sixty coaches are taking migrants to refugee centres across France

    Migrants queuing for a coachImage source, EPA
    A migrant getting a wristbandImage source, EPA
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    Migrants were given wristbands before boarding coaches

  8. 'Scuffles in queue'published at 11:40 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    The NGO Refugee Info Bus says there has been some pushing and shoving as migrants are turned away from queues.

    PA news agency reports a few punches were thrown in scuffles but most people remained calm.

    Riot police intervened to prevent others from joining the scuffles.

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  9. 'Riot police out to keep control'published at 11:26 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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  10. Authorities have 'run out out of buses' - Policepublished at 11:21 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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    Migrants queue to leave JungleImage source, Getty Images

    Calais Police commissioner Patrick Visser-Bourdon is telling migrants he may not have enough buses to take them away from Calais today. 

    He says they should consider going back to the Jungle and returning tomorrow.

  11. 'I will try again and again'published at 11:14 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    Some migrants in Calais have told journalists they will continue to try to reach the UK rather than be transferred elsewhere in France.

    One Syrian told a Guardian journalist that a group of Syrians left the Jungle to sleep rough in the area.

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    I'm not getting on the buses, I have to go to England.

    Ismail from Afghanistan, in the Jungle six months

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    I will try again and again to get to England.

    Mohajir, in the Jungle a year

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    It's my dream to get to England and no one is going to stop me. I have family there.

  12. 'This was the Sudanese quarter'published at 10:51 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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  13. 'No guarantee it's the end' - Calais mayorpublished at 10:44 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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    The prefect of the Calais region, Fabienne Buccio, has told local Radio 6, external that the dismantling of the camp is going "very well", BBC Monitoring reports.

    But the mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart of the opposition Republicans party, has complained, external that the government has given the city "no guarantees, or shown us any plan that confirms that the difficulties we've had for the last three years are at an end".

  14. 'Calmness prevails'published at 10:44 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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  15. New camps likely to pop up - Medecins du Mondepublished at 10:30 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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    French journalist Axel Roux has been talking to Yannick Le Bihan, France director for the French NGO Medecins du Monde.

    He says (in French) that his main concern about demolishing the Jungle camp is what happens next.

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    We know that more people will come to Calais to try to reach the UK. We are very anxious to know if any structures will remain to house new arrivals.

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    We saw after Sangatte that it is not through demolition that the problem resolves itself on its own. You need long term solutions.

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    It is now likely that small camps will appear in other locations.

    Yannick Le Bihan, Medecins du Monde

    The Sangatte camp was a refugee camp opened by the French authorities near Calais in 1999. At its peak it had a population of 2,200. It was closed in 2002. Read more.

  16. 'End Calais magnet' - British MPpublished at 10:22 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    A man waving while leaving the "Jungle" camp with a suitcaseImage source, AFP/Getty Images

    The British MP for Dover - on the other side of the Channel from Calais - Charlie Elphicke has said it is "really important" for the resettlement of lone child refugees to continue, but backed the closure of the camp.

    He told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire, external show:

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    There must be a real concern that some people will try and sneak the camp back to Calais, and the whole thing will reform because that is the history of this.

    Charlie Elphicke, British MP

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    What we need to do is end the Calais migrant magnet for good and that means processing asylum claims and helping people who are not successful at their home nations

  17. 'Better to die in my own country than here under a truck'published at 10:17 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    One man in the Jungle told a Guardian journalist about his reasons for accepting help to return to Afghanistan...

    ... but Amnesty International's deputy Europe director said people in his position should feel they have a better range of options.

  18. More pictures from the scene in Calaispublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

    Migrants queuing in CalaisImage source, EPA
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    The police presence is large, says BBC Europe reporter Gavin Lee

    The "Jungle" camp in CalaisImage source, AFP/Getty Images
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    Queues of migrants wait to be processed before leaving on coaches

    People huggingImage source, AFP/Getty Images
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    People hug as they leave the "Jungle" camp

  19. Final population of the Calais 'Jungle'published at 10:11 British Summer Time 24 October 2016

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