Besson rejects criticism over the closure, saying the zone, known locally as "the jungle", was not a humanitarian camp but rather a hub for human traffickers and a place where people were exploited.

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The trip marks the first time they have set up camp close to a human settlement.

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Dave Boyce, who works for an Internet service provider in Amsterdam, declared that the ultimate purpose of the camp was to create human and computer networks of activists to defend such policies.

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Some human waste was also dumped near a river outside the camp.

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