Migrants start evacuating Calais `Jungle` camp: Report

Migrants began arriving early Monday at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the Calais "Jungle" camp, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.

Migrants start evacuating Calais `Jungle` camp: Report
Riot police take position near a makeshift migrant camp known as "the jungle" near Calais, northern France, on October 23, 2016.

Pas-de-Calais: Migrants began arriving early Monday at official meeting points set by French authorities as part of the full evacuation of the Calais "Jungle" camp, according to an AFP journalist at the scene.

Men and women carrying suitcases and bundles of possessions gathered in front of a warehouse which is serving as the main headquarters of the operation in which some 6,000 to 8,000 migrants will be moved to reception centres across the country.

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