French police evict hundreds of people from migrant camp near Dunkirk

Migrants at a makeshift camp on the site of a former industrial complex in Grande-Synthe, east of Dunkirk (Gareth Fuller/PA)

Huge numbers of French police are evicting people from a makeshift camp near Dunkirk where up to 1,500 had been living.

Hundreds of people, including families with young children, were forced to pack up their belongings as officers with riot shields encircled the area early on Tuesday morning.