In photos: French police violently clear migrant tent camp in Paris

French police clear a makeshift migrant encampment in central Paris that sprung up after an earlier one was dismantled last week. People posted photos and videos on social media of police hitting demonstrators as they moved in to clear the square of migrants' tents in Paris, France.

Hundreds of migrants and refugees, who were not evacuated from a makeshift migrant camp in Saint-Denis on Nov. 17, installed tents on Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Migrants and associations that help them installed tents a week after migrants were evacuated from a makeshift camp in Paris' popular northern suburb of Saint-Denis, Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

A gendarmerie officer stands on Republic Square, where migrants and associations that help them installed tents, in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Migrants and associations that helped them install tents a week after migrants were evacuated from a makeshift camp in Paris' popular northern suburb of Saint-Denis, Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Migrants and refugees walk with their bags after being forcibly removed from the tent city in Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

A security forces member stands over a man on Republic Square, where migrants and associations that help them installed tents, in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Two men sit as migrants and associations that help them install tents in Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020

A woman falls down amid clashes with security forces in Republic Square, where migrants and associations that help them installed tents, in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Gendarmerie stand guard in Republic Square, where migrants and associations that help them installed tents, in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

A man reacts as security forces move to clear tents installed by migrants and associations that help them, Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Migrants and associations that help them installed tents in Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Migrants and associations that help them installed tents in Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

A video screenshot shows gendarmerie forces forcibly removing migrants, after they installed tents in Republic Square in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.

Gendarmerie forces cross Republic Square to remove migrants after they installed tents with the help of associations, in Paris, Nov. 23, 2020.