CLASHES broke out between French riot police and migrants on Monday as authorities began destroying makeshift shelters in the grim shantytown on the edge of Calais known as the “Jungle”.
Police lobbed tear gas canisters at migrants who protested as about 20 workers moved in to start pulling down the shacks by hand, initially under blue skies as an icy wind blew.
As night fell some 150 migrants threw rocks and struck vehicles heading for England on a port road which runs next to the sprawling camp, staying there for an hour or so, some wielding iron bars, an AFP reporter said.
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