Yesterday, French police removed a camp for immigrants in Paris, northeast of Paris, amid increasing pressure on the government to take a firm stand on illegal immigration.
Police said, on Twitter, that its members had started to vacate the site, which, according to the BFM TV channel, had housed at least 1,500 migrants.
Many refugees have moved to Paris since the closure of a large migrant camp in Calais in 2016.
The authorities repeatedly dismantled illegal camps to reappear elsewhere, within months. The police removed a makeshift camp, which appeared again in Calais this month.
Many migrants fled to France, from North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, to escape countries suffering from wars and poverty.
The former French Prime Minister, Edouard Philippe, has announced several times the closure of refugee camps, the setting of quotas for migrant workers, and the imposition of restrictions on access of health-care newcomers to non-urgent cases, as part of a trend to show the government's response to voter concerns About immigration. A number of migrants complain that they were attacked and violated while they were in the camp. They also criticized the police confiscation of their tents, confessing that their conditions are illegal.
Many immigrants fled to France, from North Africa, the Middle East and Asia, to flee countries suffering from wars and poverty.