French authorities clear migrant camps along Seine in Paris

Hundreds of migrants were evicted from makeshift camps along the Seine in Paris early Tuesday as French authorities carried out an operation marking the end of the winter truce.

The annual pause on evictions during the colder months ended with police clearing around 100 tents set up along the riverbanks, according to NGO Utopia 56. The organisation condemned the operation, warning that it leaves migrants in an endless cycle of displacement.

The evacuation follows a similar operation in March when French police removed 450 young migrants from an occupied cultural centre in the capital.