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| Thursday, 14 November, 2002, 10:13 GMT In pictures: French church saga ends Police in the French port of Calais have carried out an operation to remove nearly 100 illegal immigrants from a church, ending a five-day stand-off. ![]() Riot police kept the church surrounded for five days ![]() They finally intervened in the early hours of Thursday (AP) ![]() There was no resistance as the migrants left (AP) ![]() They were put on buses and taken to police stations (AP) ![]() They have five days to claim asylum or face deportation |
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