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Italy struggles to avoid Calais-style camp
Since France re-established border controls on the night of the Bataclan attack last November, French police have blocked access to over 15,000 migrants trying to cross from Italy.
Ventimiglia, on the Italian border, has been struggling to stop itself becoming an Italian version of Calais, the French Channel port now infamous for its migrant camps.
Reporter John Laurenson travelled to Ventimiglia to find out more.
(Photo: Migrants sleeping under blankets at the new Red Cross camp, Italy Credit: Caritas charity)
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