Refugees Fight With Police As Their Homes In The 'Jungle' Are Razed

Things in Calais are escalating quickly, police about to tear gas #CalaisJungle pic.twitter.com/SDmoB9WSbg

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Things in Calais are escalating quickly, police about to tear gas #CalaisJungle pic.twitter.com/SDmoB9WSbg
Sofia Bettiza (@SofiaBettiza) February 29, 2016

Angry refugees protested on Monday as bulldozers moved into the "Jungle" -- the makeshift refugee camp in Calais, France -- razing tent structures that housed hundreds of people.

French authorities say the demolition is meant to discourage refugees from coming to Calais to attempt a perilous journey to Britain. It began peacefully, when a handful of public works employees started dismantling the southern part of the camp early Monday morning, pulling apart tents and other structures by hand and throwing away debris, AFP reported. Two anti-riot vans waited as police arrested one British activist, according to The Guardian.

But conflict began when police told refugees they had one hour to evacuate.

Gas attacks in the Calais refugee camp. @GoodChanceCal #RefugeeCrisis pic.twitter.com/5CzQdJ62dL

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Gas attacks in the Calais refugee camp. @GoodChanceCal #RefugeeCrisis pic.twitter.com/5CzQdJ62dL
Rowan Farrell (@Rowan_Farrell) February 29, 2016

Riot police fired tear gas on about 150 protesters, causing some homes to burst into flames, British aid organization Help Refugees told The Guardian. Police used water cannons to put out the fires, the BBC reported. A video on Twitter showed refugees throwing rocks at police.

Authorities finally decided to suspend operations at around 5 p.m. local time after arresting four people, La Voix Du Nord reported.

The French government has said that up to 1,000 people living in the area would need to be evacuated, but volunteer groups put the figure at 3,400. Authorities claim the move is a humanitarian one. "We will aim to protect refugees by continuing to mobilize all of the housing solutions already in place," France's interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, said Thursday.