camp residents

Police clear the refugee camp at Place de la République

📅 8 January 2016

At least 150 refugees were removed from the encampment at Place de la République in Paris as preparations were made for a public commemoration. StreetPress reported that residents had been sleeping...

Authorities begin dismantling the southern Calais camp

📅 29 February 2016

The state began demolishing part of the southern section of the Calais camp, displacing residents and destroying shelters. Paris-Luttes.info’s movement account described bulldozers and police...

2,771 refugees are removed from the Porte de la Chapelle camp

📅 7 July 2017

Police cleared the camp along Boulevard des Maréchaux and placed 2,771 people, according to the prefecture, on buses to temporary accommodation in Île-de-France. StreetPress described residents’...