Hundreds are to be moved to containers built to house them in the northern part of the camp, a spokesman for the Pas-de-Calais region said earlier this month.
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A judge in Lille ruled the southern section of the makeshift camp can be dismantled except for schools and places of worship, including churches and mosques.
At the weekend, actor Jude Law and singer Tom Odell were among celebrities who took to the stage at the camp to raise the plight of refugees.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said razing part of the camp was not the solution, adding that assurances should be given that the refugees will be treated humanely during the evictions.
Mignonet disputed the accusation that the authorities did not provide sufficient alternatives for the refugees to be displaced. This figure includes 445 children, 305 of them living alone without their families. Businesses and small shopkeepers have protested damage to commerce and what they say money can’t buy image. The group, which backed a court case which resulted in four Syrians being allowed to enter the United Kingdom from the camp, said it had identified at least 50 further “live” cases of unaccompanied children with relatives in the United Kingdom, where they may have a legal right to remain.
Commenting on the effect demolition will have, Clare Moseley of the charity Care4Calais said: “The waste is vast”.
The practical effect of the steps they agreed on during a meeting in Vienna is likely to keep more of the refugees in Greece, the primary point of entry into the European Union by people coming from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and other troubled countries.
But British hauliers welcomed the judgment. The Freight Transport Association (FTA) said disruption caused by migrants cost the United Kingdom freight industry £89bn worth of United Kingdom trade which passes through the cross-Channel ports annually. “However, considerations should also be given to the rights of our members to go about their work without fear of violence or intimidation”.
FTA acknowledged the progress made in recent months to increase security with fencing around the Calais area, but is urging the French and United Kingdom authorities to progress in the completion of secure truck parking facilities and the registration of migrants as a matter of urgency.
Migrants will be offered places in transit camps in other parts of France where they can start the procedure for seeking French asylum if they wish.
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Belgium, fearful of a flood of evicted refugees, announced a restoration of border controls Tuesday.
