Last remaining Calais 'Jungle' children evacuated from camp
French authorities have begun transferring 1,500 unaccompanied migrant minors to reception centers across the country, as a standoff with Britain over who takes care of the youths drags on
Two buses carrying the first minors left the area at 8:30am, taking the unaccompanied children to reception centres around the country
French authorities have begun moving 1,500 migrant children from the Calais "Jungle" camp, a week after demolition began.
Two buses carrying the first minors left the area at 8:30am, taking the unaccompanied children to reception centres around the country.
They had been temporarily housed in converted shipping containers in Calais hoping to travel to the UK, but the French authorities have now given them documents saying no further applications for transfer to the UK will be handled in Calais, according to the BBC.
Demolition teams finished tearing down unoccupied shacks and tents in the northern seaside town on Monday after last week's evacuation of thousands of migrants from the "Jungle" camp where more than 6,000 people were living, most in the hope of making it across the Channel to Britain.
Tensions between London and Paris have mounted in recent days after French President Francois Hollande urged British Prime Minister Theresa May to accept Britain's share of responsibility for the minors.
Britain is obliged under EU rules to take in minors with verified family ties.
Hollande said on Monday that minors who do not leave for Britain will be taken care of by the French state, adding that in a few days there would be no more foreign minors in Calais.
The Calais camp came to symbolize Europe's fraught efforts to cope with a record influx of migrants fleeing strife in countries from Afghanistan to Sudan.
