Hollande confirms 'Jungle' shutdown and urges London help

President Francois Hollande said on Monday that France will completely shut down "the Jungle" migrant camp in Calais and called on London to help deal with the plight of thousands of people whose dream is ultimately to get to Britain.

"The situation is unacceptable and everyone here knows it," Hollande said in the port city. About 10,000 migrants from war-torn countries such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan live in the "Jungle", the launchpad for their attempts to stow away on lorries heading across the Channel to Britain.

"We must dismantle the camp completely and definitively," he said.