CALAIS (FRANCE) - Fresh fires broke out Wednesday in the "Jungle" on the second day of operations to dismantle the squalid migrant camp in northern France, sending people fleeing with their meagre belongings. A fire burns at the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, northern France, on October 26, 2016Huge clouds of black smoke billowed over the sprawling settlement near the port city of Calais, which the French authorities said they expect to finish clearing by the evening. After the last migrants are taken in hand, the lines will close," senior local official Fabienne Bucco told AFP. Meanwhile, workers in orange overalls ramped up demolition operations, tearing down tents and makeshift shelters at the lawless camp that has become a symbol of Europe's migrant crisis. - 'There'll be another Jungle' -Britain took in around 200 teenagers in the week before the clearance began, with the transfers resuming Tuesday after a pause on Monday.

Source: Bangkok Post October 26, 2016 12:45 UTC