French Police Dismantle Migrant Camp Housing Hundreds in Calais

French Police Dismantle Migrant Camp Housing Hundreds in Calais
Police supervise the evacuation of a migrant camp on the road to Saint-Omer near Calais, northern France, on June 4, 2021. Denis Charlet/AFP via Getty Images
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PARIS, France—French police dismantled a makeshift migrant camp in the northern port of Calais on Friday, removing hundreds of people in one of the biggest operations of its kind in recent months.

Since the easing of the coronavirus lockdown and the reopening of the borders within the European Union, migrants have begun to flock to Calais again, hoping to reach Britain via the Channel Tunnel.