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Photos: Police Tear Down Refugee ‘Jungle’ in Calais

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The beginning of the end of Europe's most notorious shanty town where migrants from as far as Syria try to reach Britain from France.

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French police secure the area near a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze in protest against the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the "Jungle" in Calais, France, March 3, 2016. Work began on Monday to clear a shanty town outside Calais used by migrants trying to reach Britain after the French government won a legal battle to dismantle part of the camp.

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A migrant walks past a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze in protest against the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the "Jungle" in Calais, France, March 3, 2016.

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A photo taken through a hole in a sheet of blue tarp shows French anti-riot (CRS) police officers surveyeying the southern half of the "Jungle" migrant camp in the French port city of Calais on March 4, 2016, during its ongoing demolition.

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A general view shows part of the southern half of the "Jungle" migrant camp in the French port city of Calais during its ongoing demolition on March 4, 2016. French authorities began demolishing the southern half of the camp on February 29, and by March 3 they were still razing makeshift shelters under heavy police protection.

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Smoke and flames rise from a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze to protest the partial dismantlement of the camp for migrants called the “jungle,” in Calais, France, on Feb. 29.

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Under the protection of French riot police, workers dismantle sheds and tents in a makeshift migrants camp. 

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A man tries to extinguish a fire as smoke and flames rise from a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze in protest.

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French riot police face off with migrants and their supporters outside a makeshift school.

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A migrant stands on the roof of a shelter and displays the message, “I am searching for freedom in Europe but I find none.”

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A  policeman secures the area as workmen destroy a makeshift shelter.

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Police secure the area.

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A migrant walks past makeshift shelters.

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