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Photos: Police clear out largest migrant camp in Paris

In France, much of the migrant influx since 2015 ended up in Calais, where a giant slum was cleared by the authorities in late 2016. Most of the rest have gathered in Paris and the southeast near the Franco-Italian border. On Wednesday, police cleared the city’s largest tent camp, in the government's latest attempt to deal with the influx. At the Millenaire camp, riot police flanked migrants as they boarded buses to temporary housing around the city. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said some 1,000 migrants out of the 1,600 counted on site had been evacuated.

Updated on: Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM IST

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A migrant sits in his tent during the evacuation of the makeshift Millennaire tent camp in Paris, France on May 30, 2018. Police cleared out about 1,000 people from the largest makeshift migrant camp, on the city’s edge alongside a canal used by joggers and cyclists, in the French capital, which became a focal point in France’s immigration debate. (Thibault Camus / AP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

A migrant sits in his tent during the evacuation of the makeshift Millennaire tent camp in Paris, France on May 30, 2018. Police cleared out about 1,000 people from the largest makeshift migrant camp, on the city’s edge alongside a canal used by joggers and cyclists, in the French capital, which became a focal point in France’s immigration debate. (Thibault Camus / AP)

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The encampment held at least 1,400 migrants, local officials have said, but 1,016 were cleared out, put in buses and taken to gymnasiums in the region. Several hundred migrants apparently fled before the evacuation. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

The encampment held at least 1,400 migrants, local officials have said, but 1,016 were cleared out, put in buses and taken to gymnasiums in the region. Several hundred migrants apparently fled before the evacuation. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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While they were being moved out, bulldozers ripped through the migrants’ tents. Two migrants drowned this month in canals along encampments and others have been injured amid rising tensions in the filthy, crowded camps, adding pressure on authorities to act. But the evacuation was delayed for months amid bickering over what to do with the settlers. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

While they were being moved out, bulldozers ripped through the migrants’ tents. Two migrants drowned this month in canals along encampments and others have been injured amid rising tensions in the filthy, crowded camps, adding pressure on authorities to act. But the evacuation was delayed for months amid bickering over what to do with the settlers. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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A toothbrush is seen on the ground near tents after the evacuation. Two other makeshift camps in Paris holding some 1,000 migrants are expected to be cleared next week. “To stay one month here is very, very, very bad for me. All the people have sicknesses and don’t have food,” said Farouk Ahmed from Sudan. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

A toothbrush is seen on the ground near tents after the evacuation. Two other makeshift camps in Paris holding some 1,000 migrants are expected to be cleared next week. “To stay one month here is very, very, very bad for me. All the people have sicknesses and don’t have food,” said Farouk Ahmed from Sudan. (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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President Emmanuel Macron wants a tough response to migrants arriving in France. Just this week, he nevertheless opened the way to citizenship and a job for a Malian migrant who scaled a building and saved a young child dangling from a balcony in what he called “an exceptional act.” A video of Mamoudou Gassama’s feat went viral, gaining him the nickname “Spiderman.” (Thibault Camus / Pool / AP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

President Emmanuel Macron wants a tough response to migrants arriving in France. Just this week, he nevertheless opened the way to citizenship and a job for a Malian migrant who scaled a building and saved a young child dangling from a balcony in what he called “an exceptional act.” A video of Mamoudou Gassama’s feat went viral, gaining him the nickname “Spiderman.” (Thibault Camus / Pool / AP)

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A migrant walks by tents in a makeshift camp along the Canal Saint Denis, in Paris. Police have cleared out some 28,000 migrants from Paris camps in the past three years, but the arrivals continue. (Thibault Camus / AP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

A migrant walks by tents in a makeshift camp along the Canal Saint Denis, in Paris. Police have cleared out some 28,000 migrants from Paris camps in the past three years, but the arrivals continue. (Thibault Camus / AP)

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Workers arrive to clean up the Millenaire migrants makeshift camp. A migrant from Chad who was moved to a shelter said he had applied for asylum — meaning he should not have been living in an encampment. “It has been hard here. It’s dirty. There is no toilet. No shower to wash in... You don’t eat well here,” Ousmane Tahir said. (Gerard Julien / AFP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

Workers arrive to clean up the Millenaire migrants makeshift camp. A migrant from Chad who was moved to a shelter said he had applied for asylum — meaning he should not have been living in an encampment. “It has been hard here. It’s dirty. There is no toilet. No shower to wash in... You don’t eat well here,” Ousmane Tahir said. (Gerard Julien / AFP)

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A Parisian town hall worker clears tents from the migrant makeshift camp. The camps have been at the heart of a political debate between French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo over how to handle migrants. The mayor and dozens of associations pressed for the migrants to be sheltered once dislodged, as in the past. The minister dragged his feet. (Thibault Camus / AP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

A Parisian town hall worker clears tents from the migrant makeshift camp. The camps have been at the heart of a political debate between French Interior Minister Gerard Collomb and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo over how to handle migrants. The mayor and dozens of associations pressed for the migrants to be sheltered once dislodged, as in the past. The minister dragged his feet. (Thibault Camus / AP)

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Hidalgo (C), who has paid weekly visits to the encampment, said she felt good that the migrants were being taken to shelters, but “I think we could have done without the four-month wait.” (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

Hidalgo (C), who has paid weekly visits to the encampment, said she felt good that the migrants were being taken to shelters, but “I think we could have done without the four-month wait.” (Benoit Tessier / REUTERS)

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A migrant takes a nap near tents alongside the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. City Hall says it has spent 30 million euros since 2015 helping refugees, bolstering state aid, as well as 80 million euros each year on isolated minors. “This is an issue of dignity,” said Pierre Henry, head of an aid group, France Terre D’Asile. “Street camps should not exist in our country.” (Francois Mori / AP)

Updated on Jun 01, 2018 4:18 PM

A migrant takes a nap near tents alongside the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris. City Hall says it has spent 30 million euros since 2015 helping refugees, bolstering state aid, as well as 80 million euros each year on isolated minors. “This is an issue of dignity,” said Pierre Henry, head of an aid group, France Terre D’Asile. “Street camps should not exist in our country.” (Francois Mori / AP)

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