Migrants camped near the French port of Calais are preparing to see their makeshift homes destroyed by police.
Officials say the camp, known as "the jungle", will be demolished by the end of the week, and reports say the operation will start on Tuesday.
Refugee groups have urged the UK to take some of the asylum seekers, trying to cross the English Channel.
But UK Home Secretary Alan Johnson said reports Britain could be "forced" to take migrants were "wrong".
The "jungle" has been home to up to 1,500 migrants - although correspondents say most have already left in the face of the impending police operation.
Nightfall
As night fell at the camp on Monday, some of those who remained said they feared for the future.
One resident, Bashir, a 24-year-old English teacher from northern Afghanistan, told the AFP news agency he had paid $15,000 (10,000 euros; £9,000) to travel to Europe through Pakistan and Istanbul.
He said: "We have no idea what the police will do, if they will take us or let us go free.
