The infamous Calais Jungle refugee camp in northern France is being dismantled and thousands are being relocated to hundreds of refugee centres across the country. There were violent protests in the ‘jungle’ on Monday as the clear-up to remove 10,000 refugees began. RT.com reports: “Violence has become the norm here, with some of the migrants throwing projectiles, stones and bottles at police, which responded with tear gas,” RT’s Harry Fear reported from Calais. Police separating people in line into smaller groups after tensions rose. #Calais @dwnews pic.twitter.com/rRWxKG9PuS — Doris Pundy (@DorisPundy) 24 October 2016 “There’s a risk tensions increase in the week because at some point the bulldozers are going to have to come in,” Fabrice Durieux from the charity Salam told Reuters. On Monday, thousands of migrants – primarily from the Middle East and North Africa – separated into families, adults, unaccompanied minors and vulnerable individuals, were queuing up to be bussed to reception centers where those who haven’t yet applied for asylum will be able to do so. “There’s a large number of those in the camp who don’t want to go to refugee centers. Some research from refugee groups suggests that one third want to stay in [...]
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