The number of migrants sleeping rough on the streets of Paris has risen by at least a third.

France has demanded that Britain take in hundreds of unaccompanied children from war-torn countries after the UK suggested that Paris should do more for them following the closure of the "Jungle" migrant camp.

Bulldozers cleared mounds of debris and continued tearing down makeshift shelters at the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais as authorities said 6000 people had been evacuated.

Large fires were set once again amid the wood, plastic and fabric of the camp and vast plumes of smoke rose about the site.

The protests began even before the migrants had arrived.

French workers continued demolishing the "Jungle" shanty town in Calais on Tuesday, wielding sledgehammers to tear down makeshift dwellings

More than 3740 migrants and refugees have drowned on their way to Europe this year.

Aid workers are accusing France and Britain of failing more than 1300 unaccompanied children as the French government begins dismantling the "Jungle".

After spending a year in the detention room of Istanbul's Ataturk airport, Fadi Mansour smiles when he sees a plane passing over his head.

Fourteen teenagers arrived in Britain from a camp near Calais, France, as the British government began to transfer them before the camp is demolished.

In a dank flat in south-western France, 23-year-old Nasir stares at a living room wall bare except for a list of emergency numbers. Here, he contemplates life outside the Jungle migrant camp in Calais.

President Francois Hollande says France will completely shut down "the Jungle" migrant camp in Calais.

A Greek government plan to let migrant children attend school has drawn intense opposition.

"The phenomenon has shifted quite significantly," says Costa Rican President Luis Solis

Barack Obama was so moved by Alex's letter that he read it aloud at the United Nations summit on refugees earlier this week.

 A boat carrying almost 600 people capsized off Egypt's coast on Wednesday, killing at least 43, in the latest disaster among migrants trying to reach Europe.

George Soros, one of the world's richest men, has promised to invest as much as $US500 million in startups and businesses to help refugees and migrants globally.

Her Christian Democrat party recorded its worst ever showing in the German capital.

Thousands of people fled from a fire at a migrant camp on Lesbos on Monday night, after noticeable tension among residents earlier in the evening.

• The facts

This graphic shows the ratio of our refugee population to our wealth in 2014 – a year when the number of newly displaced hit a record high.

• ANALYSIS

The West has historically thrown a lot of money at the problem of refugees. Problem is: it doesn't work.

One in five of the world's displaced come from Syria. Nearly two million have ended up in Turkey, like 10-year-old Afaf and baby Sufian.

At The Jungle in Calais, France, thousands of people seeking a new life stand in rags on the threshold of Britain. Daniel is one of them.

Around the world, 38 million are displaced within their own countries - they could be the refugees of tomorrow. From North Korea, Pak Sol-hwa risked everything to cross into China.

A record 34,000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in 82 countries last year. Six-year-old Daniel made the journey to the US with two other children to escape a life of crime.

Australia resettled 11,600 people in 2014. But in our neighbourhood, thousands of genuine refugees remain in limbo. Khadim Dai is one.