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Clearing the ‘jungle’ migrant camp in Calais, France
Workers remove garbage from burning tents in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
French CRS riot police walk past debris from makeshift shelters as they patrol during the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 28, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A migrant hugs a refugee youth service worker as he prepares to take a bus to be transferred to a reception center after the dismantlement of the “Jungle” camp in Calais, France on Oct. 28, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
Migrants stand near their tents at a makeshift migrant camp on a street near the metro stations of Jaures and Stalingrad in Paris, France, October 28, 2016. The number of migrants sleeping rough on the streets of Paris has risen by at least a third since the start of the week, with some of the newcomers coming from the northern France camp of Calais that started being dismantled on Monday, officials said. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)
A migrant claiming to be a minor is wrapped in a blanket against the cold as he prepares to spend the night after the dismantlement of the “Jungle” camp in Calais, France on Oct. 27, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
A general view shows the area with containers used as temporary housing for migrants who are minors in the “Jungle” during the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 27, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
Migrants from Eritrea with nowhere to go, wait in the hope an official bus will come to take them away to be processed after being forced out from the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. French authorities claimed on Wednesday that they had cleared the makeshift migrant camp near the northern French city of Calais. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
French police clear the main entranceand road into the Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp as the last few remaining migrants leave on October 27, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Some of the last remaining migrants of the Calais ‘Jungle’ wait for transport outside the site on October 27, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A migrant shaves himself amid the smoke from burning tents, as workers clean up a makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Police officers stand near a mechanical digger as work continues to clean-up a makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Young migrants wrap up warm for the night as French police clear the last remaining migrants from the main entrance and road into the Calais ‘Jungle’ on October 27, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
French police officers direct a migrant in the remains of the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016.(AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Heavy machinery moves into the Calais ‘Jungle’ migrant camp to demolish the site on October 27, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A migrant runs past a burning makeshift shelters in the “Jungle” on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 27, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
Migrants look at burning makeshift shelters and tents in the “Jungle” on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 27, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
Flames engulf a chair left inside a makeshift shelter in the “Jungle” on the third day of the evacuation and transfer of migrants to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 26, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A rainbow is seen as firmen work to extinguish burning makeshift shelters in the “Jungle” on the third day of the evacuation and transfer of migrants to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 26, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A migrant carries chairs as he walks through the charred debris from fires overnight that destroyed makeshift shelters and tents in the “Jungle” on the third day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 26, 2016. (Neil Hall/Reuters)
A man carrying his belongings reacts as he exits a caravan, as smoke and flames rise from the tents after fires were started in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016. Firefighters have doused several dozen fires set by migrants as they left the makeshift camp where they have been living near the northern French city of Calais. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Crews start to demolish shelters in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. Crews in hard hats and orange jumpsuits on Tuesday started dismantling a makeshift camp in France that has become a symbol of Europe’s migrant crisis while thousands of people remained there waiting to be relocated. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
A migrant is seen in silhouette near flames from a burning makeshift shelter on the second day of the evacuation of migrants and their transfer to reception centers in France, as part of the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct.25, 2016. (Neil Hall/Reuters)
Sudanese migrants queue in the cold weather to board buses and leave the notorious “Jungle” camp before authorities demolish the site on October 25, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Fires burn in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. Crews have started dismantling the squalid migrant camp in France after the process to clear the camp began in earnest on Monday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
An Ethiopian migrant, member of the Oromo community, cries as he leaves the “Jungle” to be transfered to reception centers during the start of the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A migrant carrying a French flag waits to register at a processing centre in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Sudanese migrants queue in the cold weather to board buses and leave the notorious “Jungle” camp before authorities demolish the site on October 25, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
A migrant stands on some disused rail tracks as he waits to register at a processing centre in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Migrants leave with their luggage at the Jungle migrant camp on October 25, 2016 in Calais, France. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Migrants queue to board buses and leave the notorious “Jungle” camp before authorities demolish the site on October 25, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Migrants line-up to register at a processing centre in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
CA migrant walks through the Jungle migrant camp as the sun rises over the makeshift Eritrean Church on October 25, 2016 in Calais, France. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
French police stand near as migrants carry their belongings at the start of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
A migrant queues to receive a bracelet at the start of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
Migrants line-up to register at a processing center in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Police officers standby as migrants line-up to register at a processing center in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A migrant studies a map of France before choosing a region to be send to, at a processing center in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. Each migrant has a choice of two possible regions to be sent to. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Migrants carry their belongings at the start of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A group of migrants react as they wait to register at a processing center in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. Long lines of migrants waited calmly in chilly temperatures Monday to board buses in the French port city of Calais, as authorities began evacuating and dismantling the squalid camp they call home. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
An unaccompanied minor enters a reception point outside the Jungle migrant camp as migrants are processed before boarding buses to refugee centres around France on October 24, 2016 in Calais, France. (Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Migrants sit inside a tent as they are registered at a processing center in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Migrants share a bottle of water as they wait to register at a processing centre in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Migrants line-up to register at a processing centre in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A 16-year-old migrant from Ethiopia cries as he waits to register at a processing centre in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. Long lines of migrants waited calmly in chilly temperatures Monday to board buses in the French port city of Calais, as authorities began evacuating and dismantling the squalid camp they call home. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Migrants gather belongings as they begin to leave the Jungle camp before authorities demolish the site on October 24, 2016 in Calais, France. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
The shadow of a migrant falls on a sign that gives the population of “The Jungle” at the end of the first day of the evacuation and transfer to reception centers of migrants who were living in tents and makeshift shelters in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
Migrants with their belongings queue at the start of their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Neil Hall/Reuters)
Migrants with their belongings queue as their evacuation and transfer to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
Migrants carrying their belongings leave a makeshift camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, to register at a processing center, Monday Oct. 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Sparks fly from a fire as migrants sit near for warmth at the end of the first day of the evacuation and transfer to reception centers of migrants living in the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
Migrants gather near fires that burn at the end of the first day of the evacuation of migrants from the “Jungle” in Calais and their transfer to reception centers in France on Oct. 24, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
A migrant carries bags with his belongings as he walks past the Calais city limit sign on the eve of the evacuation and transfer of migrants to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 23, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
An aerial view shows tents and makeshift shelters on the eve of the evacuation and dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 23, 2016. (Pascal Rossignol/Reuters)
Security workers close a screen behind a coach carrying child migrants from “The Jungle” camp in Calais as it arrives at an immigration processing center in Croydon, Britain on Oct. 23, 2016. (Peter Nicholls/Reuters)
French CRS police are in silhouette as they pass flames on the eve of the evacuation and transfer of migrants to reception centers in France, and the dismantlement of the camp called the “Jungle” in Calais, France on Oct. 23, 2016. (Philippe Wojazer/Reuters)
Demonstrators throw back tear gas canisters to French riot police officers during clashes in a makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
French riot police officers fire tear gas canisters during clashes with migrants in a makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
They made their way to the squalid camp in the French port of Calais from Afghanistan, Sudan, Ethiopia and beyond, some fleeing war, others poverty, all dreaming of a better life in Britain.
Some made it across the English Channel. Those who did not, thousands of them, spent months in the temporary society they’d built, sleeping in tents or shacks. As it grew, their sprawling camp became emblematic of Europe’s migrant crisis.
French authorities cleared them out in just three days this week, the evacuation hastened when some of them set fire to parts of the camp. More than 5,000 were taken to centers elsewhere in France where they can get help applying for asylum. Britain took in some who already have family living there. And the rest said they plan to stay in the area, taking their chances and hoping they can still make it to Britain. (AP)
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