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French Police Dismantling And Confiscating Migrants Tents

  Videos and pictures of police hitting demonstrators as officers forcibly removed refugees from tents wereposted online. Activists and refugee rights advocates who went to the square to help the refugees were also pushed back, among them Paris councilwoman Danielle Simonet from the left-wing La France insoumise party. French Interior Minister, Gerald Darmanin says he is launching a probe into clashes that broke out late on Monday as police cleared out a refugee camp in Paris’ Place de la Republique, adding that images of the scuffles were “shocking”. Also, a n internal police investigation into allegations of misconduct by police during the camp clearance has been opened; conclusions are expected to be published within 48 hours. Aid groups were on Tuesday attempting to find temporary shelter for a few hundred refugees and migrants forcibly removed from the short-lived camp. The Police went further to lift tents with people inside, shaking them until they tumbled to the ground, and...