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LILLE/PARIS (Reuters) - A group of charities has asked a court to block the imminent closure of the "Jungle" migrant camp in northern France where thousands of refugees are living in squalid conditions, many of them desperate to reach Britain. Facing public pressure ahead of a presidential election in April, President Francois Hollande has said the camp in Calais will be dismantled by the end of the year. The Secours Catholique charity, one of those seeking the injunction, said the request was submitted to a court in Lille on Wednesday evening.

 

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