Posted on July 29, 2020

Police Dismantle Migrants’ Campsite Near Northern Paris

Jean Terzian and Sudip Kar-Gupta, Reuters, July 29, 2020

French police dismantled on Wednesday a migrants’ campsite in Aubervilliers, northeast of Paris, amid mounting pressure for the government to demonstrate a tough stance on illegal immigration.

On Twitter, police said they had started to clear the site, while BFM TV said it was home to at least 1,500 migrants.

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Authorities have repeatedly dismantled illegal campsites only for them to pop up again elsewhere within months {snip}

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