France hopes the clearance of the squalid Jungle migrant camp in Calais will close a sorry chapter in the country’s migrant crisis, but it is unlikely to be the end of the story. On the day of the clearance there was an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 migrants in the Jungle camp. Britain would not have agreed to pay for its construction if authorities really believed the clearing of the Jungle would end the crisis in Calais. While the government insists Calais' migrants crisis is France's problem, the reality is many concerned people in towns across the country, not least the far-right mayor of Beziers, would rather it was just a conundrum for Calais. There are also fears that the closure of the Calais camp will just shift the crisis to other ports along the northern French and Belgian coast.

Source: The Local October 24, 2016 08:33 UTC