Hundreds of migrants have been moved Friday from the camp known as the Jungle in France's northern city of Calais as the government seeks to clear it.
According to Le Figaro citing Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, some 2,318 migrants had left the camp in buses as of 7.30 p.m. (1730GMT) of the first of what is expected to be a three-day evacuation.
Amid considerable police presence, mostly Sudanese and Eritrean migrants -- according to camp officials -- wearing colored wristbands headed to a warehouse to be bussed to asylum centers across France. Afghan nationals are to leave the camp by Tuesday said camp officials.
Pas-de-Calais prefect Fabienne Buccio said government officials had been working with associations who know the refugees to identify underaged parentless minors.
"We have spoken with the associations who are closely acquainted with children who are under 18 years old," he said, adding they will be sent to various asylum centers.
Buccio also said that "many" refugees have been telling officials that they were "happy to escape the Calais camp".
"The refugees who have connections in the U.K. will be sent [there], but the ones who want to stay in France will stay in the country and they will be given the right to seek asylum," Buccio added.