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French police have closed down a makeshift shelter for illegal migrants in Calais a day after it was opened.
source: BBC news Original article
French police have moved to clear and shut down the camp used by migrants and/or refugees seeking to go to England. Most of the camp residents are from Afghanistan or Iraq. Original article. Additional information
Source: UNHCR Seven years after a similar settlement closed, a photographer returns to a camp in northern France created by migrants and asylum seekers.
Source: UNHCR UNHCR staff are visiting Calais on a weekly basis to visit migrants and refugees and the agency plans to reopen an office in the French port seven years after leaving.
Date: 24 May 2009
Source: Agence France-Presse
Source: Agence France-Presse
Date: 08 May 2009
Source: Agence France-Presse
Source: Agence France-Presse
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