French police evict migrants from camp on Channel coast

Migrants stand near a fire on abandoned train tracks at a makeshift migrant camp at Loon Beach in Dunkirk, France, November 28, 2021. REUTERS/Juan Medina

GRANDE-SYNTHE, France (Reuters) - Police on Tuesday tore down a makeshift camp near the northern French port of Dunkirk where scores of migrants who say they are fleeing war, poverty and persecution in the Middle East were hunkered down with hopes of reaching Britain.

Armed officers entered the camp, which runs along a disused railway line, before workers in protective suits pulled down tents and plastic shelters.