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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8353

4 December 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/immigration
Sangatte camp to close on 30 December - United Kingdom will be taking on nearly 1200 asylum seekers from the centre

Brussels, 03/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The French and British Home Ministers, who met on Monday in London, have come to an agreement on the early closure of the Sangatte centre as well as on the hosting of refugees who were at the centre. The Red Cross centre in Sangatte is to close its doors on 30 December, 4 months earlier than the date foreseen during a previous meeting of David Blunkett and Nicola Sarkozy this summer. David Blunkett announced on Monday that the United Kingdom would take...

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