The garden sheds that 3,000 migrants have been moved to as French authorities raze part of the Calais Jungle to the ground


Demolition crews entered the Calais 'Jungle' and started clearing its southern part after a court upheld an order to evict hundreds from the sprawling centre in France. Refugee organisations said thousands had their shelters displaced and others moved into shipping containers set in a nearby park after authorities said they would use force if necessary to move the camp's inhabitants. It comes after a Lille court gave authorities the all-clear to evict migrants from their tents in the densely populated portion of the camp, although it said they cannot entirely raze it. A spokesperson for the court confirmed common spaces like schools and places of worship must be kept in place. An official deadline for at least 1,000 migrants to leave the southern part of the so-called 'Jungle' camp expired last Tuesday.

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