Paris police clear out makeshift migrant camp

By Hajer M'tiri

PARIS

French police evicted around 1,000 migrants and refugees from a makeshift camp in Paris’s Porte de la Chapelle area on Friday.

The district is one of the main destinations for migrants and refugees once they arrive in the French capital.

Paris police prefecture said the migrants -- mostly from Sudan, Eritrea, Afghanistan and other war-torn countries -- would be relocated across 18 sites around the Ile-de-France region.

Hundreds of police took part in the operation. Aid workers were also present.

Since the dismantling of the Calais "Jungle" camp in October, Paris has become the new transit area for large numbers of migrants and refugees seeking asylum.