Dozens of traumatised Ukrainian families finally left Calais in chaotic fashion this afternoon.
Mums and dads picked up their kids and climbed aboard a bus to take them to Lille to try and get visas to reach Britain.
Many carried their belongings in shopping bags as they left the youth hostel in Calais which has been their home for the past week.
Others were given lifts in cars heading to Paris or Brussels.
One family brought their three pet guinea pigs. They hope the British authorities will let them in.
Anna Bolotina, 17, family home in Kyiv was bombed.
“We just want to get the family and the Guinea pigs safely to England,” she said.
“We are heading to a relative in Worcester.”
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Most Ukrainians have now left the Channel port.
Their presence has embarrassed the British government as the debacle over visas continued.
One couple left in a Ukrainian taxi they had driven in all the way from Kyiv.
Calais mayor Natacha Bouchart arrived to see some of the families leave.
A new "pop-up" facility is being opened in Lille, around 70 miles to the east of Calais, amid concern among politicians that smuggling gangs are targeting people in an area long associated with the migrant crisis.
However, there was no information about where to go for anyone making their own way to Lille's two main railway stations on Wednesday.
Indeed multiple staff members, including management, said they were unsure where to send any Ukrainian refugees arriving on paid-for tickets, expecting to have their visa applications processed.
The Home Office said the Lille visa centre's location will not be made public, prompting further concern about how refugees arriving in the French city will know where to go upon arrival.
Clare Moseley, founder of the Care4Calais charity, said: "The problem here is there is a lot of confusion and uncertainty.
"It is making the lives of upset people even more difficult."
