Northern France: Police dismantle migrant camps

cnn.com reported Police in northern France moved in Wednesday on makeshift migrant camps near the port of Calais, prompting a standoff with the defiant residents — many of whom have fled conflicts in Syria, Sudan and Eritrea.

By late afternoon, a CNN producer observed that the migrants’ tents had all been destroyed. One activist told CNN police were responsible. About a dozen police officers remained, along with 50 to 60 migrants who didn’t know where to go. Read Article