How thousands of migrants will RETURN to Calais within days because France is powerless to stop Britain-bound refugees building a new Jungle
Boris Ravignon warns that French authorities are powerless to prevent another camp springing up in the port city
A FRENCH mayor has warned it is only a matter of time before the Calais Jungle is rebuilt.
Authorities declared the makeshift shanty town - once home to an estimated 10,000 migrants - empty yesterday.
French mayor Boris Ravignon has said he fears a similar camp will spring up within weeks of the Calais Jungle being demolished
Thousands were sent to processing centres across France, while Britain accepted dozens of unaccompanied children.
But Boris Ravignon, the Mayor of Charleville-Mézières, today warned that the lure of making it to Britain could well lead to another Calais Jungle within weeks.
Asked if there was anything to stop migrants returning on Radio Four's Today programme, he said: "They are not held prisoners in Charleville.
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"So if some of them want to go back to Calais, I don't see who will stop them from doing so.
"I don't think the operation will be a success at all.
"They have managed to erase the problem in Calais but we are running the risk of having small problems all across the country."
Many of the thousands of migrants have fled war-torn countries like Syria, Somalia and Afghanistan seeking refuge in Britain.
And Ravignon blasted the UK, declaring that it should be "ashamed" of its role in the situation.
He added: "I think France and the UK have to sit at the same table and discuss how to deal with this problem.
"If I were British I would be in a way ashamed at there being so many people across the Channel living in bad conditions."
A series of fires have burned through the campsite overnight as migrants were whisked away.
Some angry refugees had clashed with police on Saturday night as they prepared to clear the camp.
Yet it is not the first time Calais migrant camps have been bulldozed by French authorities, the largest of which was shut down in 2009.
And Ravignon believes a lack of planning this time around could see the problem re-emerge again.
He continued: "We have expressed that the local situation the economic situation, the social situation doesn't make it possible for us to welcome them in good conditions.
"We're facing already and coping with difficulties...with people who have been living here for years.
"We don't see the point in having another group of 30, 40, 50, 100 people in desperate need of jobs and housing."
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