
Desperate migrants have been carrying their wooden shacks to safety after being warned that bulldozers will be sent in to demolish parts of the so-called 'Jungle' camp in Calais.

The migrants were told earlier this week that they had just days to clear hundreds of huts made from wooden planks and tarpaulin from the edge of the road that borders the camp.

They had until today to leave the area and instead some will be housed in a new project in an attempt to improve living conditions.

Desperate migrants have been seen carrying their makeshift wooden shacks to safety after being warned their camp in Calais was going to be demolished

They had until today to clear the area and instead they will be housed in a new project in an attempt to improve living conditions.

The migrants were told earlier this week that they had just a few days to clear hundreds of huts made from wooden planks and tarpaulin from the edge of the road

The migrants had to use their own strength to lift up the wooden shacks and place them on the back of trucks to be taken away

But as rumours swirled that bulldozers might show up in the middle of the night, migrants were seen desperately trying to move their shacks.

Mohammed Adam, a doctor from Sudan, who lives in the camp, said: 'We asked them to give us enough time to prepare a new area and move the houses in a safe way.

'But they said they would come here on Friday with their bulldozers and destroy everything. We have no time.'

Men gathered in groups to lift up with wooden huts and carry them along the road despite the ice-cold wind lashing the camp.

Men gathered in groups to lift up with wooden huts and carry them along the road despite the ice-cold wind lashing the camp

As rumours swirled that bulldozers might show up in the middle of the night, migrants were desperately trying to move their shacks

The migrants were helped to move their shacks by charity volunteers as they loaded them on to trailers to be taken to a different location

Authorities are hoping to move migrants away from the motorway and the surrounding houses for security purposes

They were then loaded on the back of trailers to be driven away to safety.

Meanwhile other refugees were pictured gathering up all their possessions including mattresses and cooking equipment in bags and backpacks ready for the move.

The migrants have been offered places in new refitted shipping containers, equipped with heating and sockets for electricity.

But only a few dozen can move each day and very few want to go to the new container camp, fearing they could be permanently trapped there and unable to continue their desperate attempts to get across the Channel to Britain.

Another makeshift shack is loaded on to the back of a trailer after authorities asked migrants to partially evacuate the area close to a highway

Because the migrants have established a sense of community in the camp, they are hesitant to leave and are worried about how the authorities will treat them

Between 50 and 150 migrants are said to be arriving in Calais every day as increasing numbers make their way to Europe across the Mediterranean

A shack is loaded on to the back of a trailer ready to be taken away before bulldozers come in and demolish part of the camp in Calais

Migrants use all their strength to push their makeshift wooden shack on to the back of a trailer to be taken elsewhere in Calais

A group of Eritrean migrants move all of their possessions out of their makeshift shack in preparation for it to be moved on a lorry

Tents and other belongings have been left strewn across the ground as migrants attempt to clear the camp before it is bulldozed

Eritrean migrants stand in between the bank to the highway leading to the port and their belongings as they move to another location with the help of volunteers mostly from England

They are wary of the new camp, particularly the hand-print scanners used to come and go - fearing that giving this data will stop them applying for asylum in Britain if they ever manage to smuggle themselves across the Channel.

Migrants at another camp near Dunkirk in Northern France have been offered winter tents and a new semi-permanent camp in Grande-Synthe, co-ordinated with the charity Medecins sans Frontieres, will have showers, better sanitation and more protection against cold weather.

'We just simply can't leave people to freeze in the mud. It's not humane,' said the executive director of Medecins sans Frontieres Vickie Hawkins.

Local official Fabienne Buccio said: 'Given everything these people have been through before they got here, they don't have any immediate confidence in what's happening.'

Between 50 and 150 migrants are said to be arriving in Calais every day as increasing numbers make their way to Europe across the Mediterranean.

Two migrants struggle as they try to carry their mattress away before part of the so-called Jungle camp in Calais is demolished

Volunteers move out what appears to be cooking utensils from a shack as it is moved to another part of the Jungle before being bulldozed

One migrant fixes the roof of his shack with a canvas cover before it is moved away from the makeshift camp close to the 'Jungle' in Calais

One man carried his belongings in a number of bags after being forced to leave the makeshift camp in Calais

Many living in the camp have fled conflicts in Syria, Libya and sub-Saharan Africa, while others have arrived by land, often travelling from places like Afghanistan via the Balkans

A woman stands next to her belongings waiting for them to be moved after being told to leave part of the 'Jungle' camp in Calais

The so-called 'Jungle camp' in Calais, pictured, was recently described by UN aid workers as the 'worst in Europe - if not the world'

Many living in the camp have fled conflicts in Syria, Libya and sub-Saharan Africa, while others have arrived by land, often travelling from places like Afghanistan via the Balkans.

It was also recently described by aid workers as 'the worst in Europe – if not the world and is seen as a 'tolerated zone' by the French authorities.

In July 2015, in response to the criticism about the conditions by the UN and other aid groups, France vowed to spend €500,000 (£360,000) improving the camp, which lies close to the English Channel.