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The group of leaders have rallied against the plan to dismantle the Calais migrant camp amid growing concerns the French government want to "secretly" replace the squalid makeshift camp with 'mini-Jungles' all over France. Dozens of refugee camps will be set up across the country after the French Interior Minister insisted that he will shut down the notorious Jungle camp, holding at least 9,000 migrants. A leaked government report announced plans to send 12,000 migrants throughout France as the solution to clear out Calais.

IG; GETTY Mayors have revolted against the plan to dismantle Calais

The plan will see 12,000 migrants, evacuated from Calais and Paris, moved all across France. The only region exempt from the plan is Corsica, following high-profile attacks on migrants on the island. Robert Menard, the far-right mayor of the town of Beziers, warned that he does not want his city to be turned into "a small Calais". He rejected the government's "offer to distribute the problem across France".

Evicted Calais migrants sleep rough in Paris Wed, August 3, 2016 Hundreds of migrants evicted from the Calais Jungle camp sleep rough in Paris. Play slideshow Caters News Agency 1 of 191 Calais camp is dismantled as resident set fires and throw stones at Police

The government does not want to solve Calais - it wants to turn France into Calais Laurent Wauquiez

He said: "I do not want to grapple with this problem because I have already enough migrants and don't need to take in more of them. "Earlier I opposed the arrival of Syrian refugees in Beziers, and now I do not want Calais migrants to come to my city which is poor enough and has other problems to deal with." The controversial mayor said that the migrants already in the city added to crime and terrorism, after they "received some number of jihadists who proved to be terrorists". Mr Menard added: "This is why it is necessary to halt the migration process and stop accepting pseudo-refugees."

FRANCETV The French government has announced plans to create about 12,000 places for migrants across France

But, Interior Minister Bernard Cazenueve is adamant that "everyone will have to accept some of [the migrants]." Critics from the National Front called the plan "irresponsible" while the centre-right The Republicans said the plan could lead to "civil war". The Republicans, a political party led by Nicolas Sarkozy, demanded that the government move the migrants to Britain and "end welfare benefits for foreigners without a job". In the leaked document, the rural region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will be forced to receive more than 1,700 migrants - five times the number the province has already welcomed. Laurent Wauquiez, president of the region, hit out at the plan and demanded a rebellion against the government.

AP Right-wing critics in France say the government plan could lead to 'civil war'

He said: “In our region we won’t let it go ahead! "We’ll refuse to offer these places, we’ll support all the regions and all the inhabitants that mobilise against the plan. "We’ll resist the plans of these unelected government officials.” He feared that the left-wing government wanted to reproduce "Calais everywhere in France" The outspoken mayor added: "The government does not want to solve Calais - it will turn France into Calais."

IG Mayor Christian Estrosi believes the plan will create 'mini-Calais'

AP The centers will be built all across France, except in Paris and Corsica