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2016-10-17 — bbc.com
A recent Red Cross report highlighted dangers to children in the camp including sexual exploitation, forced labour, trafficking gangs and smugglers. The roads where children try to get on trucks present a constant danger of being killed or injured, and the camp has unsafe food, poor sanitation and inadequate healthcare - perfect conditions for spreading disease.
Soon the camp itself will be erased as French police and bulldozers move in.
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Officially, about 7,000 migrants live in the camp - humanitarian groups say the number is closer to 10,000 Despite an increasing population, the camp's size was halved earlier this year
But the camp's population has continued to rise, and reports of violence have increased
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