migrant camp

A makeshift camp near the French port of Dunkirk, where an estimated 1,500 migrants hoping to cross the Channel to Britain had gathered, has been evacuated by police.

More than 3,000 migrants have been living in a sprawling camp in the Stalingrad district in the north east of the capital.

The evacuation and subsequent demolition of the makeshift camp estimated to shelter up to 10,000 migrants attempting to reach Britain in clandestine crossings of the English Channel will begin on October 24th, the French authorities have announced, when thousands of migrants will be bussed to refugee centres around France.

Jeremy Corbyn met migrants and aid workers during a tour of the Grande-Synthe camp where he said 'dreadful' conditions made it a 'disgrace'.