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It's over': Calais jungle' camp migrants to give up their British dream

More than 1,200 police officers will be deployed to prevent any unrest as the migrants are directed to buses.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-10-24 05:16 GMT
French authorities will move thousands of people out of the notorious Calais Jungle before demolishing the camp that has served as a launchpad for attempts to sneak into Britain.
Migrants carrying their belongings leave a makeshift camp known as 'the jungle' near Calais.
Migrants hold a blanket by a fire near a makeshift Jungle camp near Calais.
Journalists run away from smoke during clashes near the makeshift Jungle camp.
Media work next to a fire near a makeshift migrant camp known as the notorious Jungle camp.
One of the new main migrant centers waits for the influx of migrants from the a makeshift camp known as 'the jungle' near Calais, northern France.
A demonstrator throws back tear gas canister to French riot police officers during clashes in a makeshift migrant camp known as 'the jungle' near Calais.
The closure of the squalid camp is aimed at relieving tensions in the Calais area, where clashes between police and migrants trying to climb onto trucks heading to Britain are an almost nightly occurrence.
More than 1,200 police officers will be deployed to prevent any unrest as the migrants are directed to buses.
A major three-day operation is planned to clear the sprawling shanty town near Calais port -- a symbol of Europe's failure to resolve its migrant crisis -- of its estimated 6,000-8,000 occupants.
More than 1,200 police officers will be deployed to prevent any unrest as the migrants are directed to buses.

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