Hundreds
of migrants living in part of a camp in the French port of Calais known as the
Jungle have been ordered to leave or face eviction.
They have until 8pm local
time on Tuesday to leave the southern part of the sprawling camp.Anyone
remaining will be forcibly removed to allow for the makeshift structures there
to be razed.
The area has become a
cultural hub for many of the migrants. It has shops, a school and religious
structures. Up to 1,000 people could be affected but volunteers on the ground
estimated that at least twice that number lived in the area.
Thousands of migrants from
the Middle East and Africa have congregated around Calais in the hope of
crossing to the UK.
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