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From the Liveblog of Monday, October 31, 2016

Last shelters destroyed at ‘Jungle’ migrant camp in Calais

31 October 2016, 6:53 pm

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Demolition crews destroy the last shelters at the infamous “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais on Monday, AFP reporters at the site say.

Work began last Monday to clear the Jungle, home to around 6,000 migrants until a week ago and a glaring symbol of Europe’s worst migration crisis since World War II.

Thick smoke and flames rise from amidst the tents after fires were started in the makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France, Wednesday, October 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/Emilio Morenatti) — Thick smoke and flames rise from amidst the tents after fires were started in the makeshift migrant camp known as “the jungle” near Calais, northern France, Wednesday, October 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/Emilio Morenatti)

— AFP

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