French police in standoff with migrants at Calais camps

CNN - Police in northern France reportedly moved in Wednesday on makeshift migrant camps near the port of Calais, prompting a standoff with the defiant residents -- many of whom have fled conflicts in Syria, Sudan and Eritrea.

Hundreds of migrants are gathered in the ramshackle camps, some seeking to claim asylum in France and others hoping to find a way to reach British soil.  Read more.