Illegal Immigration Center Shut Down by Police

An illegally established immigration center in Calais was closed down by the French police on Sunday.
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Illegal Immigration Center Shut Down by Police
Anti-riot police arrest an anti-globalization activist as they prevent migrants from entering an illegal immigrant center in Calais on Feb. 7. French police blocked dozens of migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, from entering the building rented by an activist group offering them shelter. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)
2/7/2010
Updated:
10/1/2015

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Anti-riot police arrest an anti-globalization activist as they prevent migrants from entering an illegal immigrant center in Calais on Feb. 7. French police blocked dozens of migrants, mostly from Afghanistan, from entering the building rented by an activist group offering them shelter. (Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images)
An illegally established immigration center in Calais was closed down by the French police on Sunday.

The shelter, turned into an immigration camp by an activist group, was in operation for one day. Most of the immigrants at the center were from Afghanistan.

In September of last year, a makeshift camp holding 300 illegal immigrants was dismantled in Calais. Some immigrants have been known to undertake risky attempts to cross the English Channel from Calais into the United Kingdom.