French Police Evict Migrants Trying to Reach Britain

French police began clearing hundreds of immigrants from makeshift camps in the English Channel port town of Calais on Wednesday. After announcing the evictions a week earlier, teams of riot police surrounded three camps housing the immigrants, many of whom have fled war-torn countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Eritrea, and are trying to reach Britain by stowing away on trains or ferries. Many of the estimated 800 migrants had left the camps after being warned about the...

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