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French anti-riot police stand guard as migrants queue to leave the camp

Officials delay the demolition of the camp amid concerns for the safety of the 4,000 migrants, including children, still on site.
'Jungle' police turn away migrant claiming to be a minor with permission to come to UK
A migrant who claims he has permission to come to the UK has told the Press Association he has been turned away by police processing Calais 'Jungle' residents for looking too old.
Kennybell Omada, 17, has been living in the camp for around six months.
The teenager, who says he has an older brother and sister in Manchester, claims he was interviewed as an unaccompanied minor last week and told he could come to Britain.
But he says he was turned away when he tried to register at a centre on the edge of the camp.
He told PA: "I have done the interview last week, in the container, and they also called me and my brother.
"They said to me: 'No you are not bambino. No you are not underage'. He just said it to me and told me to go back."
He went on: "It's so bad. I'm not happy about this, because it's not about how you look, a lot of people here they are minors but they look bigger because they've been here in the Jungle and it might change their personality or their face.
"So I might look big but I'm not big at all. I know many people here who look bigger but are minors."


Several thousands of migrants still remain at the camp site

Migrants wait to be registered on the second day of their evacuation and transfer to reception centres in France


Sudanese migrants from the 'Jungle' at the Chateau des Arts in Talence which has been converted into temporary accommodation


BREAKING: First group of under-13s on bus to UK from Calais 'Jungle'

Minors are brought to the front of the evacuation queue, guarded by anti-riot police



Migrants are being given a coloured wristband to indicate which French region they are being transferred to


Under-18s are the priority for registration as the camp is cleared ahead of its demolition



Migrants told 'queue over here, you'll get on buses going to London'
News Europe Correspondent Mark Stone, who is at the camp, says some migrants are being misinformed about the evacuation.
"There is still, as there always is with these situations, misinformation," he says.
"There is one official who's walking around here, was saying to some of them, the younger migrants, 'queue over here, you'll get on buses going to London'.
"Clearly that's not strictly true.
"Eventually, some of the minors here, will possibly be able to go to the UK because they are under-18, under Uk law they can be admitted to the UK and Home office officials are trying to do that.
"But they are not exactly going to get straight on buses here now and go to London.
"But some of them think they are."

Migrants leave the camp with their belongings

 Mark Stone says he is 'struck' by the number of under-18s at the camp
Migrants are processed for evacuation to shelters across France

'Struck by how many are down there who look under-18' - Sky Correspondent
Sky's Mark Stone, who is at the camp, says he is "struck by how many are down there who look under-18".
"The reason why there was a bit of difficulty about half-an-hour-ago was simply because they asked all the minors who are claiming to be under-18 to come down here because they want to register them first," he says.
"A lot of them were registered yesterday, but by no means all.
"The problem was, they all came at once.
"I have to say, I was really struck by how many are down there who look under-18.
"We were here a week ago at the time that a census came out from charities which was saying there were 1,200 unaccompanied children - a misleading word, not talking about primary schoolchildren for the large part, we are talking about teenagers.
"But even then, we were looking around and saying, 'where are they?'
"They are here. They are definitely here.
"I don't know how many of them are unaccompanied, but they are certainly under-18, and those are the priority for the aid agencies and British charities."


Registration reopens at 'Jungle' camp to transfer migrants to 150 asylum centres across France

Police guard for minors in 'Jungle' 

Charity: Many minors do not know what to do amid 'Jungle' clearance


How old are the minors?
NewsJonathan Samuels, at the camp, explains the process of verifying their age and resettlement.
"I think we should make clear that we are not talking about primary school age children," says Samuels.
"These aren't tiny children - they are mostly teenagers - 13, 14, 15, 16-year-olds.
"There has been all that controversy about how do we know how old someone is. It is hard to age these kids.
"What is happening is, when they go through to the registration centre, they are spoken to by French and British officials who interview them, ask them a whole range of questions and try and work out what their age is, look at their demeanour, listen to their experiences - and make a judgement call.
"If they are believed to be a minor, they won't actually get on buses, they will stay here.
"There are shipping containers here that have been converted and have bunk beds in, washing facilities - that's where the youngsters are staying.
"Then there will be a further process where Home Office officials speak to these people and again check their age.
"Under the Dublin agreement, children who have relatives in the UK are allowed to go to Britain - and we have seen that happening in recent days.
"Under the Dubs amendment - named after Lord Dubs who fled the Nazis in the Second World War - children who don't have any relatives in the UK, can also go and resettle there.
"That's the situation. It's very difficult for those youngsters, and there are about 1,000 of them in the camp."

BREAKING: Demolition expected to start this afternoon at the earliest

BREAKING: Registration reopens for 'Jungle' clearance after tense clashes between adult migrants and minors

Migrants who claim to be minors wait for their registration and evacuation from the camp



Migrants walk towards the registration centre from the main site of the camp on day two of the 'Jungle' clearance

Calm restored as tensions flare at 'Jungle' camp
French anti-riot police stand guard as migrants queue to leave the camp

Registration centre closed amid scuffles at front of queue
BREAKING: Clashes between adult migrants and minors temporarily halts 'Jungle' clearance
news Jonathan Samuels, at the scene, says: "Police are trying to separate the minors - those who are under the age of 18 - from other adults at the front of the queue, as they try to get into the registration centre.
"There has been an awful lot of pushing and shoving. We have seen a number of younger people crushed - having to get down on the floor and be pulled out of the crowd.
"They have closed the registration centre for the time being while they try and sort out what has become a bit of a mess at the front of the queue.
"There are many police officers here. They are trying to stand around the group of youngsters and separate them from the adults.
"It may be that some of the adults have been trying to push their way to the front of the queue and get past some of the younger members of the 'Jungle' camp.
"The police are trying to keep a handle on things."

  Will the bulldozers roll in today? news Jonathan Samuels is at the camp:
Queues as registration begins on day two of the 'Jungle' clearance
 Migrants queue to be transferred on day two of the operation to shut down the 'Jungle'
Plight of unaccompanied refugee children
Up to 1,000 unaccompanied children are being temporarily housed in shipping containers on the site as they are interviewed by British officials.
Around 200 children have been transferred to the UK so far - including 60 girls identified as at high risk of sexual exploitation.
They either have family links in the UK, or have been transferred under the Dubs amendment requiring the Government to give refuge to children stranded in Europe.
British Home Secretary Amber Rudd has indicated unaccompanied refugee children will not be able to sponsor their parents to come and join them in the UK.
                                                 
Calais 'Jungle' demolition to begin
The complex operation to shut down the notorious Calais 'Jungle' migrant camp enters its second day - with bulldozers expected to roll into the site to start to demolish it.
Yesterday, 1,918 migrants including 300 children, left the camp voluntarily - with most queuing peacefully to register and board buses to transfer them to temporary asylum centres elsewhere across France.
However, there are concerns the estimated 4,000 still at the camp, waiting to be processed by officials, will refuse to go because they still want to get to the UK.
It is also feared those already dispersed will return to Calais at some point.

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