6,900 refugees set for eviction
Tensions high inside 'Jungle' refugee camp as demolition nears
By Saskya Vandoorne, Bryony Jones, and Chandrika Narayan, CNN
Updated 5:38 PM ET, Sun October 23, 2016
Calais, France (CNN)Tensions are high inside "The Jungle," a sprawling makeshift refugee camp in the French port town of Calais, where authorities are to begin evicting migrants Monday.
Authorities have given the thousands of people living there two options: seek asylum in France or return to their country of origin.
Some 6,900 refugees, more than 1,200 of them children, live in the encampment, a jumble of squalid tents and temporary shelters.
Clashes between migrants and police erupted Saturday night at the camp, said Sue Jex, head of operations for the charity Care 4 Calais. She said a number of buildings inside the camp were destroyed by fire.
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