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French authorities began dismantling half of the "Jungle" migrant camp in the northern port city of Calais on Monday. Two bulldozers and around 20 workers began destroying makeshift shacks, with 30 police cars and two anti-riot vans stationed nearby. IMAGES (COMPLETES VID858171_EN)
Violent clashes occur between police and protestors in front of the Haute-Corse prefecture in Bastia, at the end of a march for prisoner Yvan Colonna, a prominent prisoner who was attacked and left in a coma. The Corsican independent activist who was sentenced to life in prison for the assassination of prefect Claude Erignac was seriously wounded in prison. IMAGES
Images of the port of Calais in northern France the day after at least 27 migrants trying to reach England drowned off the coast when their boat sank, the deadliest disaster since the Channel became a hub for clandestine crossings. IMAGES
Police in Paris evacuate a camp for young migrants, which since the end of June has been set up on the Square Jules Ferry in the 11th arrondissement of the French capital. The youths, whom local associations declare as unaccompanied minors, will be rehoused in a gymnasium a few minutes away. IMAGES
French police have evacuated hundreds of migrants from two camps in northern Paris on Thursday, a day after the government unveiled a series of measures to a "take back control" of immigration. IMAGES
A major evacuation operation of migrant camps is ongoing in northeast Paris. IMAGES