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Children left with 'nowhere to go' after Calais 'Jungle' camp clearance

French authorities has declared the operation to clear the 'Jungle' camp over - but charities have said hundreds of child refugees had been left with nowhere to go.

A total of 5,596 people have been evacuated since the operation began on Monday with many of them being taken away on buses, French ministries said. Of those removed from the camp, 234 children are being resettled in the UK.

Save The Children said it was "extremely concerned" about minors who had not been registered as the site went up in flames.

A spokeswoman for the local prefecture said that the rate of demolition would be scaled up on Thursday with larger machinery moving in.

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Calais 'Jungle' burns as charity warns of children's safety

  • ITV News correspondent Sally Lockwood reports

Fires burned throughout the day at the 'Jungle' in Calais as French officials said they had accomplished their mission to clear the camp of all migrants.

But a leading charity warned that there were many unaccompanied minors left at the camp.

Caroline Gregory from Calais Action told ITV News that these children had "no where safe to sleep tonight. It's not safe in here any longer."

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