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'We can't leave these poor people to die of hunger'

The mayor of Calais has banned food handouts to migrants by local charities in an effort to prevent the establishment of a new refugee camp, three months after the 鈥淛ungle鈥 shanty-town was demolished. But as hundreds of people return to the port, former camp resident turned charity worker Tariq Shinwari explains why many are willing to break the directive.

(Photo: Migrants at the demolished 'Jungle camp' in Calais. Credit: AFP/Philippe Huguen)

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