French police clear migrant camp at launch point for Britain

About 700 people moved from Calais camp where thousands have sought to cross Channel

French police have dismantled a migrant camp in the northern port of Calais from where thousands of people have sought to cross the Channel to reach British shores.

The operation to clear the makeshift camp, which was home to about 700 people, began shortly before sunrise on Tuesday. It was the biggest such operation since the sprawling camp known as the Jungle" was broken up four years ago.