French Court Upholds Partial Evacuation of Calais Migrant Camp

A French court on Thursday gave the green light to plans to evacuate hundreds of migrants from the notorious "Jungle" camp in the northern French port of Calais.

Activists working in the camp had asked the court to stop the evacuation of the southern half of the "Jungle," with many of the migrants wanting to stay near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel, the gateway to their ultimate goal of Britain.

However, Calais town authorities said that no-one will be evacuated from the "Jungle" by force.

"We are going to continue the work undertaken with the (migrants') associations to persuade the migrants to leave so that they have a roof over their heads," said an official, who asked not to be named.