Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout

French riot police swooped on an illegal migrant camp in northeastern Paris just after dawn on Monday, sparking a brief standoff at a site where numbers have soared since the closure of the Jungle camp in the northern port city of Calais. The operation, largely consisting of identity checks on some of an estimated 2,500 migrants sleeping rough around a canal and urban train bridge near Paris's Stalingrad metro station, came as pressure mounts on the government to clear and shut the camp.

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Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout

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Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout

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Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout

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Police swoop on Paris migrant camp after Calais Jungle clearout