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| Calais 'Jungle' eviction gets go-ahead | Calais 'Jungle' eviction gets go-ahead |
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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. | 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. |
| Authorities say around 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan for the southern part of the camp. | Authorities say around 1,000 migrants will be affected by the eviction plan for the southern part of the camp. |
| Aid agencies say the number of people involved is much higher. | Aid agencies say the number of people involved is much higher. |
| Local officials said public areas such as places of worship or schools would not be cleared and said it would be a "humanitarian operation". | Local officials said public areas such as places of worship or schools would not be cleared and said it would be a "humanitarian operation". |
| A deadline had initially been ordered for the southern part of the "Jungle" to be cleared by Tuesday evening but activists appealed to the court to halt the evictions. | |
| The judge visited the camp as she considered her ruling. | |
| Conditions there are squalid and its sprawling presence has become a controversial issue in both France and the UK. | |
| Those living in the camp, mainly from the Middle East, Afghanistan and Africa, hope to cross the Channel to reach Britain. | |
| Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart said the authorities were being cautious to avoid people squatting on the site. "We're relieved by this announcement but we're vigilant." | Calais Mayor Natacha Bouchart said the authorities were being cautious to avoid people squatting on the site. "We're relieved by this announcement but we're vigilant." |
| Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve insisted that the evictions would be a humanitarian operation. "There was never any question of the French government sending bulldozers on to the site," he said earlier on Thursday. | |
| Neighbouring Belgium this week announced temporary controls on its border with France amid fears of an influx of migrants from the camp. | |
| "It's our express intention to avoid tent camps like Calais in our country," Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said. | "It's our express intention to avoid tent camps like Calais in our country," Belgian Interior Minister Jan Jambon said. |
| France described the Belgian move as "strange". Mr Cazeneuve said the very idea of Calais migrants heading for Belgium "doesn't correspond to reality". | |
| The Jungle in numbers | The Jungle in numbers |
| Tea, rivalry and ambition at 'Jungle hotel' | Tea, rivalry and ambition at 'Jungle hotel' |
| Jungle migrants prepare to move | Jungle migrants prepare to move |
| Migrants resist relocation to containers | Migrants resist relocation to containers |
| Authorities say migrants will have three options: they can move into heated container accommodation at the camp, or similar accommodation elsewhere in France, or they can claim asylum in France. | |
| But many residents have told the BBC that they do not want to leave. | But many residents have told the BBC that they do not want to leave. |
| The BBC's Tomos Morgan at the camp says authorities cannot use force and hope to "persuade" everyone to leave. |