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Rescue operation save dozens amidst dangerous crossings, highlighting perils of migrant journeys in treacherous waters

French Interior Ministry data shows more than 500 tried to cross the English Channel in 2018

Mayor Natacha Bouchart says the directive is to prevent “law and order issues”

The camp's demolition will remove a source of embarrassment for the Socialist government

The organizations lodged their request at a court in Lille on Wednesday evening

Hollande's government has vowed to scrap the Jungle 'before winter'

French authorities have made repeated efforts to shut down the camp, which is currently home to nearly 7,000 migrants

Law helped organise a petition to Prime Minister David Cameron this week

The migrants have been offered places in new refitted containers, equipped with heating and sockets for electricity