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Another official complained a water sports park had been used as “Paris’ dustbin” as almost 200 migrants arrived forcing managers to disappoint customers who had booked visits. Officials in most affected areas were given only a few hours’ notice to prepare for the arrival of hundreds of mainly African migrants and were forced to use sports centres, parks and holiday centres as temporary accommodation. The panic was caused as police broke up a settlement in the capital’s Stalingrad area that had been dubiously dubbed the Paris Jungle after the camp of the same name in Calais was cleared and demolished last week.

REX There was violence on the streets of Paris after the Stalingrad camp doubled in size

President François Hollande ordered the makeshift Paris camp to also be cleared after it doubled in size in a fortnight. Earlier in the week there were violent scenes on the streets of Paris as rival gangs of migrants brawled, some even using wooden clubs to beat their opponents. More than 600 police officers were brought in to clear the camp and a fleet of 82 coaches was hired to transfer a total of 3,852 people to 74 sites, mainly in France’s equivalent of the Home Counties.

REX Gangs of migrants fought with wooden clubs on the streets of Paris

But the welcome in many of those areas was far from warm. In Maurepas, near Versailles, 10 councillors protested outside a gymnasium that had been earmarked as accommodation for 99 Sudanese, Eritrean and Iraqi migrants. The group was diverted to the town hall where they spent the night on camp beds. In Cergy-Pontoise, north of Paris, 174 migrants arrived at a water sports park, causing anger among officials who had to let down customers.

Riot police begin destroying migrant camps in Paris Mon, October 31, 2016 Overnight fires broke out in many parts of the camp destroying shacks and makeshift shops along the camps main street. Many migrants have left by coach to be relocated at centres across France. Play slideshow 1 of 43

Alexandre Pueyo, the park’s vice chairman, said: “We’ve become Paris’ dustbin. We’ve had to cancel all reservations.” More than 5,000 migrants have already been sent to centres around France following the closure of The Jungle in Calais. Officials spent months planning the evacuation of the Calais camp but had just a few days to do the same in Paris.

GETTY President François Hollande ordered the demolition of the so-called Paris Jungle

But there was far less opposition by migrants in the capital and there were scuffles as they fought to get on the buses. One, 16-year-old Asefha from Eritrea, who had spent four days huddled in a doorway in the rain, said: “I’m tired and hungry. I want to get out of Paris. It’s so cold and wet here.” But some migrants remain in Paris, including Walid, 17, from Sudan, who missed the bus because he was asleep in a nearby park.

GETTY The Paris Jungle, on the streets of Stalingrad, doubled in size after its Calais namesake closed