(26 Oct 2016) Fourteen children left a border refugee camp in northern France on October 17th 2016 to be settled with relatives in Britain.
They are the first of dozens of children from the Calais camp to be resettled in the U.K. this week.
Under pressure from charities, religious leaders and French authorities, Britain has agreed to accept scores of children from Calais.
Thousands of migrants fleeing war and hardship have reached the English Channel port town in the hope of making it to Britain.
France says it will soon close the slum-like camp where many live.
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French police on October 22nd used tear gas in Calais to disperse migrants and refugees who were throwing stones into their direction.
The group of mostly Afghan men were throwing stones across a fence leading up to the highway, from a former part of the camp that had already been dismantled earlier in 2016.
French authorities have said they plan to relocate the 6,486 people still staying at the camp to reception centres across the country or abroad as a "humanitarian" operation.
But aid workers in the port town of Calais expressed worry over a lack of information ahead of October 24th's scheduled dismantling.
The closure of the remaining camp is expected to last a week.
There are several thousand migrants from the Mideast and Africa believed to live in the camp, which is a magnet for migrants seeking to reach Britain and a symbol of Europe's migrant crisis.
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Smoke could be seen at the makeshift camp in Calais on October 26th, as crews continued to dismantle a camp in France that has become a symbol of Europe's migrant crisis.
Thousands of people remained there waiting to be relocated.
On October 24th, authorities started emptying people from the makeshift camp that emerged 18 months ago on the French side of the English Channel as the first step toward its demolition.
To discourage migrants from congregating in Calais and trying to board a ferry or truck to Britain, authorities last year destroyed half the camp in a haphazard and sometimes violent way that drew criticism from human rights groups.
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The French migrant camp in Calais continued to smoulder on October 26th as authorities continued to dismantle the site that has become a symbol of Europe's migrant crisis.
Ethiopian migrant Binal Kbad remained at the camp on Wednesday and said he wanted to get to England,
He said he was hopeful the government there would give him a house, although he and other refugees spoke poor English and didn't appear to understand the process of applying for asylum.
On October 24th, authorities started emptying people from the makeshift camp that emerged 18 months ago on the French side of the English Channel as the first step toward its demolition.
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