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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Daniel Boffey, Diane Taylor and Angelique Chrisafis

French police clear site where victims of Channel tragedy are said to have lived

A group of six police officers in dark blue uniform standing on a beach, with one looking through binoculars
French police on patrol on the beach at Wimereux, where another dinghy set off for England on Wednesday. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters

French police have cleared a camp believed to have been used by some of the dozen people, including six children, who died after their dinghy ripped apart in the Channel.

In the early hours of Wednesday, belongings and tents were removed and tens of people were bussed away from an unofficial refugee settlement near Calais known locally as the “BMX site”.

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