France: Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp to be ‘gradually dismantled’

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The "Jungle" camp in the northern French town of Calais, home to thousands of migrants hoping to reach Britain, will be dismantled in stages, the country's interior minister pledged on Thursday.

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[TheJ]

I will not be planning any vacation to Europe anytime soon.

[ratherknotty]

This has been going on for years. as one lot go to England, more to take their place. It is never England already has a housing shortage. Where do they expect to live? There are English people sleeping in the streets! England is more densely populated( people per square mile) than ANY other European country.

[patrykwoloch]

Do they really believe that they deserve to just be let into England?

[nielserikhchristensen]

Can the lorry driver not locke the backdoor? So these people can not climb on board.

[christophertadeo]

Omg it's a migration camp?! 😱.. Calais is a migration camp!... That piper... she's going to get me in trouble... 😱

[placidrenegade]

Please help these poor souls! There smart phones are running out of battery life!

[chriscoleman]

Dismantle it gradually???..i could dismantle it in about 2 mins...all i need is lessons on how to fly a warthog a10..or maybe an old b52..pack it with barrel bombs or cluster bombs..and away i go

[gerardcomeau]

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