The camps were also adjacent to a notorious Paris spot known as "crack hill", where drug dealers congregate and sell cheap crack to addicts and migrants. As usual when migrant camps have been evacuated in Paris hundreds were taken by buses to temporary accommodation in sports halls and asylum reception centres across the Paris region. Photo: Rory MulhollandBut charities have been critical of the clear outs in the past for not providing a permanent solution. The government had announced on Wednesday that the Paris migrant camps would be cleared "before the end of the year". Police are due to clear out camps at nearby Porte d'Aubervilliers in the coming days.

Source: The Local November 07, 2019 07:18 UTC