Migrant battles on the streets of Paris: Riot police clash with Afghans and Eritreans as they clear up camps in French capital following Calais Jungle closure Monday Oct 31,2016

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.’

Plastics bags and the remnants of tents are piled up in the street as riot police oversee the destruction of a migrant camp in Paris 

A man holds a poster stating 'No to migrants arrests' as French police asked migrants to remove their makeshift camp close to the Eurostar terminal in Paris