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Paris to Deploy Additional Police Patrols at Calais Refugee Camps

© REUTERS / Regis DuvignauAn aerial view shows tents and shelters at the makeshift camp called "The New Jungle" in Calais, France, September 20, 2015
An aerial view shows tents and shelters at the makeshift camp called The New Jungle in Calais, France, September 20, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Police forces are being deployed to patrol refugee camps near Calais upon a request by French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve.

Migrants carry bundle of sticks at a site dubbed the New Jungle, where some 3,000 people have set up camp -- most seeking desperately to get to England, in Calais on September 19, 2015. - Sputnik International
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PARIS (Sputnik) — Authorities in the northern French city of Calais will send additional police forces to patrol refugee camps near the city on Wednesday, local media reported.

Police forces are being deployed upon a request by French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, the 20 minutes newspaper reported, citing local authorities.

The newspaper reported that police were expected to collaborate with the French Office of Immigration and Integration and NGOs supporting migrants.

Migrants wait along the railway tracks of the Eurotunnel terminal at the Calais-Frethun station outside the northern French port of Calais on August 13, 2015 - Sputnik International
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About 4,000 migrants, whose ultimate destination is said to be Britain, are currently living in makeshift camps in Calais.

A decision to tighten security measures in the camp was made soon after a scuffle between some 200 migrants from Sudan and Afghanistan broke out in a camp earlier in September. The fracas resulted in the injuries of nine people.

Europe is currently struggling with the largest migrant crisis since World War II, as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee conflict-torn Middle Eastern and North African countries, seeking refuge in the European Union.

According to the European Commission, over 500,000 undocumented migrants have arrived in the bloc since the beginning of 2015.

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