Refugee tents to be razed at Calais camp

Humanitarian groups claim up to 3,000 refugees will be affected as court gives demolition green light

A French court gave the state the green light to raze tents and lean-tos sheltering hundreds of refugees in a sprawling slum camp in Calais, where thousands dream of getting to Britain.

The camp in the northern port city — known as the “jungle” — has been an embarrassing and often shocking chapter in Europe’s refugee crisis, and the state announced this month that the densely populated southern half would be razed.