Calais — Dozens of migrants, including children, were left wandering through France’s Jungle camp on Thursday after sleeping rough on the edges of the burnt-out Calais settlement. Excavators began tearing down remaining shelters a day after the official operation to clear the camp came to a dramatic end, with fires started by departing migrants ripping through the shanty town. The interior ministry said nearly 5,600 migrants had been given shelter, either in centres around France or at a container park in the Jungle set aside for young people. But about 100 young migrants hoping to be moved to Britain were still waiting to know their fate. The youths, who slept on the ground in biting cold, gathered outside the hangar where migrants were registered in the past three days for relocation. But their path was barred by riot police, who said the centre had closed.
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