GETTY A migration centre in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier was scrawled with bullets by a man or group of gunmen

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Residents in Saint-Hilaire-du-Rosier, a southern village in the Rhône-Alpes region, were woken by a man, or gang of men, unleashing volley after volley at a proposed migrant reception centre.

We need to stand firm, and, above all, communicate Olivier Feugier

The attack came just 24 hours after an identical attack on a proposed centre in in western France which was also hit by an unknown gunman on Tuesday. The new incident, which took place on Wednesday, saw the shelter’s shutters were riddled with bullet holes, and the windows completely shattered. A bright orange anti-migrant slur was also found scrawled on some of the roads leading to the reception centre.

The temporary shelter, which is in fact a reconverted holiday home belonging to Enedis, a mayor French power company, will soon be welcoming 60 or more asylum seekers, who will soon be evacuated from the Calais ‘Jungle’ camp. Ever since local authorities announced that Jungle migrants would be relocated to Saint-Hilaire du Rosier, villagers have been busy organising protest after protest, and the atmosphere has been highly-charged. Today morning, Olivier Feugier, the local mayor, said that police officers were investigating the attack in order to help shed more light on such a “deeply regrettable and grave incident”.

Jungle Migrant Camp in protests Mon, October 3, 2016 Up to 10,000 migrants are now living at the camp and are using desperate and violent measures to try and board trucks heading for the UK. Play slideshow REUTERS 1 of 24 Demonstrators protest near the area called the

He said: “I understand that welcoming more than 60 people of five different nationalities in a town of 2,000 residents is not that simple. But I want things to go as smoothly as possible. We need to stand firm, and, above all, communicate.

GETTY The local mayor Olivier Feugier said the attack was 'deeply regrettable and grave'

A total of 250 migrants are being relocated to the French department of Isère, which is where the gun attack took place; but local officials say they will only make up 0.016 per cent of the total local population.

GETTY Emmanuelle Cosse strongly condemned the unprecedented surge in anti-immigration hate crimes

Acts of vandalism and anti-migrant rallies have been on the rise ever since the government announced it would be relocating the Jungle’s more than 10,000 refugees to reception centres across France.

GETTY A total of 250 migrants are being relocated to the French department of Isère