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A migrant was shot a fight between rival bands of smugglers, it has been reported.

Three migrants from the Grande-Synthe camp near Dunkirk, northern France, were injured in yesterday's terrifying incident.

One of the three migrants was wounded by gunshots, an official at the local prefecture told Reuters.

"Three migrants were badly wounded in all, including one by a bullet," said a local police source.

"It is thought that people smugglers were involved in the violence."

The other injuries were caused by a knife, and by gas sprayed from a police-style canister, added the source.

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They were all taken to Dunkirk hospital.

Some 3,000 people, many of them Kurds, live in the makeshift camp in the town of Grande-Synthe just 35 km away from the so-called "Jungle" camp in Calais on France's north coast.

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Like in Calais, most of them hope eventually to reach Britain, across the Channel, where better job opportunities and the more familiar English language are big draws.

The other injuries were caused by a knife, and by gas sprayed from a police-style canister, added the source.

The camp has become notorious for the amount of people smugglers who prey on it, leading to allegations that it is 'in the hands of the Mafia'.