France has begun clearing the sprawling “Jungle” migrant camp near Calais.<br /><br /> Bystanders say the mood is one of calm resignation, despite sporadic outbreaks of unrest overnight.<br /><br /> Armed police fanned out across the site as the operation got underway.<br /><br /> French Interior Ministry spokesperson Pierre-Henry Brandet said the authorities had not needed to use force.<br /><br /> The large police presence, he says, is just for security.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Moved on<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The hundreds of migrants who had volunteered to move on were taken to reception centres by bus.<br /><br /> They were given medical checks and, if they have not already done so, and asked if they want to apply for asylum.<br /><br /> More than 700 had left the shanty-town outside Calais by midday.<br /><br /> Hundreds more are queuing outside an enormous hangar in the squalid shanty town, waiting to be processed before the bulldozers move in.<br /><br /> Officials expect 60 buses to leave the camp on Monday. The government expects the evacuation to take at least a week.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> It's a day for goodbyes, as thousands of refugees + migrants leave the Calais 'Jungle' in France. Some have been there for years. pic.twitter.com/cKaa5jDvdt— UN Refugee Agency (@Refugees) October 24, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Unrest<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Despite the calm, some aid workers are warning that the trouble overnight shows tensions could rise.<br /><br /> Some migrants burned toilet blocks and threw stones at riot police in protest at the camp’s closure.<br /><br /> Charity workers expect hundreds will try to stay and cautioned that the mood may change later in the week when work begins on razing the camp.<br /><br /> Some think many migrants who are determined to reach Britain will simply scatter into the surrounding countryside and regroup in Calais at a later date.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Opinion: Abolishing the ‘Jungle’ won’t solve migrant crisis https://t.co/TfZdbzzKw4— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) October 24, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Why is the Jungle being demolished?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> France’s Socialist government says the camp is being closed for humanitarian reasons.<br /><br /> It plans to relocate those sheltering there to 450 accommodation centres across France.<br /><br /> However, France’s far-right National Front is warning the government plan could create mini Calais-style camps across the country.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Who are the people living there?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Many of the migrants are from countries like Afghanistan, Syria and Eritrea.<br /><br /> They want to get to the UK, either to join up with relatives already living there or to seek work.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> France is moving 6,000+ migrants as it destroys “The Jungle” camp https://t.co/jpjY55mg8f pic.twitter.com/aWwWeb9DjI— Bloomberg (@business) October 24, 2016<br /> <br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> And would this be possible?<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Not necessarily.<br /><br /> Britain bars most of the migrants on the basis of EU rules requiring them to seek asylum in the first member state they set foot in.<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> Destination unknown<br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /> The fate of an estimated 1,300 unaccompanied children remains uncertain.<br /><br /> Last week, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve urg
