(Radio France) Police dismantled the largest migrant camp currently set up in the northern city of Calais on Tuesday, moving dozens of people into reception centres in the region.
Local authorities had rigged up water taps and aid groups had been handing out meals to the estimated 500 to 800 people who were living in the makeshift camp near the city’s main hospital — the more fortunate in tents, others in sleeping bags on plastic sheets.
The police prefecture said the camp was creating “serious problems” for the security, hygiene and peace of mind for employees and patients.
Some 400 people were taken by bus to temporary reception centres in the region.
