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Radio France Internationale
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Amanda Morrow with RFI

Overwhelmed migrant shelter in Alps accuses French state of inaction

The Terrasses Solidaires reception centre in Briançon, near the Italian border, has seen an unmanageable influx of migrants in recent months. © RFI/Amélie Beaucour

Aid workers in the French alpine town of Briançon, inundated by a sharp rise in the number of migrants crossing the border from Italy, have said they would close their reception centre to protest inaction by the state.

Volunteers from the Terrasses Solidaires refuge in Briançon – the first on the French side of the border – on Tuesday said they could no longer accommodate the growing influx of migrants.

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