2 new refugee camps opening in Paris by 2017

The "Jungle" refugee camp in Calais, France.
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Two new refugee camps will open in Paris before the year is over, the city's mayor announced Tuesday.

Anne Hidalgo said the camps will be the first built in such a dense, urban zone, The Huffington Post reports. The shelter for single men will open in Paris' 18th arrondissement, offering meals, clothing, and temporary housing, before the men move to longer-term housing. That 400-bed shelter was originally scheduled to open in June, but the opening date was pushed back to October due to slow construction. The second camp is for single women and families, and will be located outside of the city. It will house 350 people, and is expected to open before the end of the year.

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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.