About 1,000 migrants are currently sleeping rough in Paris, according to pro-refugee charities

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The charities also accused the French capital’s police of harassing and forcibly displacing refugees, who they say are made to sleep outside “without blankets” in sub-zero temperatures.

Doctors of the World and Doctors without Borders said in a joint statement: “Some 1,000 migrants are aimlessly wandering the city’s streets.

"At night, they are forced to sleep on the ground in freezing temperatures.

“At night, the migrants are constantly harassed by police, who often destroy their makeshift tents and steal their blankets.