EU discussions

The demolition of the camp comes before talkson Thursday between French P
residentFrancois Hollande and British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron.

Britain has put substantial pressure on Franceto stem the flow of refugees and
migrantsgetting across the Channel, and has funded ahuge increase in security
measures around theport and tunnel in Calais.

The Jungle has played into fraught discussions about Britain's possible exit fro
m theEuropean Union.

Some opponents of "Brexit" say that if Britain were to leave the EU, the British
government would lose the ability to call on France to stop the refugees from t
rying tomake their way across the Channel.

Source: Al Jazeera and agencies