That is what happened when the French government closed a similar camp in 2002.

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Teenage boys play basketball in the shadow of a high school, damaged and closed for now, as camp residents do what they can to get on with their lives.

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Alex Ocean, an elementary school teacher whose Port-au-Prince school is now closed because of the quake, says he hopes that aid distribution in the camp will become better organized and that there will be international help with reconstruction.

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The Sangatte camp closed its doors to new entrants on Tuesday, 10 days ahead of schedule.

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American secularism proved more alluring than the sore-thumb Jewish sort, and the camp closed in 1971.

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"Since the army camp closed, about 1, 000 jobs have been lost in this area and that was devastating to Ballykelly, so to have these jobs relocated is wonderful, " one local man said.

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