Calais shelter demolition continues amid clashes with refugees

Demolition teams are due to return to the French port of Calais to dismantle shelters in the migrant camp known as the Jungle, according to international media.

Clashes broke out between police and refugees and continued into Monday evening after authorities moved in earlier in the day to dismantle parts of the camp, with riot police firing tear gas at refugees hurling stones at the teams.

According to reports, authorities have said that refugees must move to shipping containers on another part of the site, but many refugees fear they will have to then claim asylum in France, and give up their hopes of travelling to Britain.

The BBC reports that migrants, tried to access lorries on the motorway heading towards the port, but that riot police fired tear gas, forcing them back.

According to reports, many of the 3,700 refugees living in the camp are from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, and they hope to cross the Channel to the UK, often using traffickers to try to enter illegally.

The Guardian adds that the homes of some 200 people were demolished during the raids so far, but French authorities believe that about 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan.

Police have also reported that at least four people, including activists from the UK-based No Borders group, were arrested during Monday's unrest, with Good Chance, a theatre group which works in the camp, saying that police were stopping volunteers from entering the camp earlier during the day.