GETTY Migrants wait to board buses after their camp was evacuated (right)

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Three hundred riot police moved in soon after 6am, forcing occupants to leave in pouring rain – the 35th such operation in Paris in two years. The camp was on a traffic island close to La Chapelle Metro station in the north of the French capital and is notorious for migrants. Most of those moved on were from Afghanistan and were trying to get to Calais and across the Channel.

Ajmal Ghani, 26, an Afghan who has been in Paris for three weeks, said: “We want to get out of France as quickly as possible because the French treat us like dogs. “They tear down our homes, take us to places miles away and then we are back on the streets days later. All we want to do is get to Britain.” The camp was close to the crossChannel Eurostar railway hub at Gare du Nord.

GETTY Migrants at Porte de la Chapelle, Paris, was ‘evacuated’ by police

We want to get out of France as quickly as possible because the French treat us like dogs Ajmal Ghani

Also nearby is an official hostel where migrants can stay for up to two weeks. Many believe it is a magnet for thousands who then find themselves locked out. A local council spokesman said: “These illegal camps present significant risks to the safety and health of their occupants.”

GETTY Mr Macron has pledged to stick to France’s zero tolerance policy towards illegal camps

He said all of the migrants “will undergo a thorough examination of their administrative situation” before being offered “accommodation adapted to their situation”. Some will pursue their asylum applications in France while others will be deported back across the border where they entered. The number of migrants in Paris has swelled significantly since the destruction of the so-called Jungle in Calais last year, when around 8,000 men, women and children were dispersed to other parts of France.

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