
Migrants have staged a mass protest in Paris over their treatment by French authorities following the destruction of their makeshift camps.

Hundreds of refugees sleeping rough in the French capital joined local activists to demonstrate close to their encampment near the Stalingrad Metro station.

One man held up a sign saying 'human, no beast' as a man used a loud speaker to lead the march, which happened late last night.

It came 24 hours after violence broke out at the site with gangs of men attacking each other using sticks as makeshift clubs.

Placard waving migrants have staged a mass protest over the destruction of their Paris camp - a day after fighting amongst themselves in a vicious street battle near their tents

Hundreds of refugees sleeping rough in the French capital joined local activists to demonstrate close to their encampment near the Stalingrad Metro station

One man held up a sign saying 'human, no beast' as a man used a loud speaker to lead the march, which happened late last night

Riot police were called in to monitor the protest as hundreds gathered in the Stalingrad area of the city last night

The fighting unfolded just hours after demolition workers supported by riot police began smashing up an illegal camp full of UK-bound migrants in Paris.

It also came in the wake of the destruction of the Calais Jungle which saw refugees transported around the country. It is not yet known what caused the fight in Paris.

There had already been scuffles on Monday as mainly Afghans and Eritreans tried to save their possessions during the raid, which started soon after 8am.

It followed thousands of migrants arriving in the French capital following the razing of the Calais Jungle refugee camp last week.

While some 5000 Jungle residents agreed to be bused to resettlement centres around France, many others headed off independently, saying they still wanted to get to Britain.

Making a point: Thousands of migrants arrived in the French capital following the razing of the Calais Jungle refugee camp last week

Demonstration: The protest came in the wake of the destruction of the Calais Jungle which saw refugees transported around the country

Protest: While some 5000 Jungle residents agreed to be bused to resettlement centres around France, many others headed off independently, saying they still wanted to get to Britain

Up to 3000 set up tents on the pavements around the Stalingrad Metro station, which is close to the Gare du Nord Eurostar hub in the north of Paris.

Shortly before Monday's clearance French president Francois Hollande said: 'We won't tolerate the camps any longer.'

Referring to the Paris clearance, Mr Hollande said: 'We are going to carry out the same operation as in Calais.'

CRS riot police around Stalingrad said there would be a 'gradual operation' which is likely to go on all week until all the camps are gone.

Meanwhile, the first ever official centre for refugees in Paris is due to be opened by the city's Socialist council later this week.

Speaking out: Up to 3000 set up tents on the pavements around the Stalingrad Metro station, which is close to the Gare du Nord Eurostar hub in the north of Paris

CRS riot police around Stalingrad said there would be a 'gradual operation' which is likely to go on all week until all the camps are gone.

The first ever official centre for refugees in Paris is due to be opened by the city's Socialist council later this week

Another centre for women with children will also open in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine later this year, or early next, but it too will only have a limited capacity of 350 temporary places

The £6m facility is also close to the Eurostar hub, and will have beds for 400 men.

But local residents and business owners say it will attract people smugglers, and other criminals.

Jean Brossard, who has been living in the area for 30 years, said: 'None of us asked for an immigrant centre on our doorsteps.

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'Everybody in the area is complaining. If these men want to go to England, then send them to England.'

Others have accused the Socialists of tokenism, saying they are simply opening the camps as a humanitarian gesture that will have no long term effect on Europe's immigrant crisis.

The official centre, which will include a football pitch, will only allow residents to stay for between five and 10 weeks, and is likely to shut down within two years.

The destruction of the Jungle camp resulted in 5,000 refugees being dispersed around France by bus. But many others made their own way directly to Paris, saying they still wanted to get to Britain

Authorities are expected to soon clear the camp under a railway bridge in the northeastern Stalingrad district, with a 400-bed temporary shelter set to open in the coming days

Several hundred people took to the streets in Paris on Wednesday in support of the migrants, chanting 'So-, So-, solidarity' and 'Police! No!'

Last week, more than 4,000 mainly Afghan, Eritrean and Sudanese migrants were moved to centres dotted around France after the Calais Jungle was closed

Another centre for women with children will also open in the Paris suburb of Ivry-sur-Seine later this year, or early next, but it too will only have a limited capacity of 350 temporary places.

Meanwhile, French authorities have started transporting migrant children out of Calais to processing centres around France, amid tensions around the closure of the vast Jungle camp.

Three buses carried a group of unaccompanied boys, mainly teenagers, out of the camp on Wednesday morning.

Fighting has taken pace between gangs of young men mainly from Eritrea and Afghanistan trying to 'protect' stretches of pavement to pitch their tents

Paris police rounded up Afghan migrants at the Paris camp Monday and cleared away some of their tents

Migrants and activists were pictured staging a demonstration late last night as police continue to clear away their tents

French authorities transferred more than 5,000 adult migrants out of Calais last week, but the fate of its 1,500 unaccompanied children remained unclear.

Migrants from the Middle East and Africa converged on the Jungle in hopes of crossing the English Channel to Britain.

President Francois Hollande said this week that the children would be transferred within days to 'dedicated centres' where British officials can explore whether they have the right to UK asylum.