New Calais "Jungle" arrivals cannot use resettlement scheme: prefect

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French CRS riot police prevent migrants to return in the "Jungle" during the dismantlement of the camp in Calais, France, October 27, 2016. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

CALAIS, France (Reuters) - Migrants arriving at France's Calais "Jungle" since demolition of the camp began cannot expect to be resettled by the local authorities, the government prefect in the region said on Thursday. A resettlement centre that has been sending camp inhabitants on to reception centres across France as part of the shutdown process was now closed, Prefect Fabienne Buccio told reporters at the site. "It is not Calais' role to receive all the migrants of Europe. We do not want to create a vacuum. We have asked (those newly arrived) migrants to disperse." Earlier in the day, a group of about 100 migrants, mainly young people, were seen filing past a group of riot gear-clad police who have been overseeing the camp clearance since Monday. Buccio, who told reporters on Wednesday that the site was empty and that the resettlement of more than 5,000 people was complete, said it would be cleared of remaining shelters and debris by Monday of next week. (Reporting by Andrew Callus; Editing by Brian Love)