France starts clearing 'Jungle' refugee camp

Weeklong operation will see about 6,500 people transferred to reception centers

Lines of migrants with their belongings in small bags walked to a registration center in the French port city of Calais on Monday, the first day of the mass evacuation and destruction of the filthy camp they called home.

French authorities are beginning a complex, major operation to shut down the makeshift camp, uprooting thousands who made treacherous journeys to escape wars, dictators or grinding poverty and dreamed of making a life in United Kingdom.