Demolition workers supported by riot police on Monday Oct 31,2016 began smashing up an illegal camp full of UK-bound migrants in Paris,France
There
were scuffles as mainly Afghans and Eritreans tried to save their
possessions during the raid, which started soon after 8am.
It
followed thousands of migrants arriving in the French capital following
the razing of the Calais Jungle refugee camp last week.
While some
5,000 Jungle residents agreed to be bused to resettlement centres around
France, many others headed off independently, saying they still wanted
to get to Britain.
Up
to 3,000 set up tents on the pavements around the Stalingrad Metro
station, which is close to the Gare du Nord Eurostar hub in the north of
Paris.
Shortly before today’s clearance French president Francois Hollande said: ‘We won’t tolerate the camps any longer.’
Referring to the Paris clearance, Mr Hollande said: ‘We are going to carry out the same operation as in Calais.’
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