Video: Hollande vows to 'definitively dismantle' Calais camp
Watch now: France's president visited Calais on Monday, where he laid out plans to close the camp, home to 10,000 migrants.
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France's President Francois Hollande has vowed to "completely, definitively dismantle" the Calais camp known as The Jungle.
On a visit to the port city on Monday, Hollande confirmed he wanted to close the camp, despite controversy over relocating migrants to reception centres around the country.
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On a visit to the port city on Monday, Hollande confirmed he wanted to close the camp, despite controversy over relocating migrants to reception centres around the country.
Read the full story here.
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