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Radio France Internationale
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French charity in Calais calls for 'Ukrainian' shelters to be opened to other exiles

A makeshift migrant camp in Calais on 27 November 2021. © AP/Rafael Yaghobzadeh

Organisations and NGOs working with refugees in Calais in northern France are calling for centres set up to receive Ukrainians fleeing conflict to be opened up to other exiles, who have been camping out for months in the hope of crossing to Britain.

Overall more than three million people are estimated by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to have fled Ukraine since Russia's invasion on 24 February.

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