Calais ’Jungle’ eviction gets go-ahead - BBC News
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The French government’s plan to clear part of the #Calais migrant camp known as the “#Jungle” has been approved by a court in Lille.
A deadline for around 1,000 migrants to leave the southern part of the camp expired on Tuesday.
The court ruled that the eviction plan for the camp was legal.
The local authority said public areas such as places of worship or schools would not be cleared and said it would be a “humanitarian operation”.
Activists had asked the court to halt the #evictions. Those living in the camp, mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel to reach Britain.