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Calais camp refugees burn shelters as demolitions resume

One refugee group says six shelters were on fire and claims watching police prevented attempts to douse flames.

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Migrants and refugees at the makeshift “Jungle” camp in Calais have staged a sit-in protest and set light to shelters in an attempt to disrupt continuing demolition work at the site, reports The Guardian.

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