Housing Minister Emmanuelle Cosse told Liberation that preparations were nearly complete to dismantle the camp. Photo: Denis Charlet/AFPAFP · 15 Oct 2016, 08:16Published: 15 Oct 2016 08:16 GMT+02:00The total dismantling of the "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France will begin soon, a French minister said in comments published on Friday. "The dismantlement will begin when all the conditions for success are in place, "Housing Minister Emmanuelle Cosse told the Liberation daily. Eleven French charities on Wednesday sought a court order to block the planned demolition, deeming it an attack on fundamental rights. No date has yet been announced for the camp to be evacuated but French President Francois Hollande has already said that it will be razed by the end of the year.

Source: The Local October 15, 2016 06:22 UTC