PARIS (AP) — Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government.
Migrants are boarding buses to temporary shelters for processing in an operation that began before dawn Friday, according to Paris police. Aid groups say between 2,000 and 3,000 migrants have camped out in the area in recent weeks.
While authorities regularly evacuate migrants camped in Paris, the issue has taken on greater concern since the government shut down a vast camp in Calais last week and moved thousands of migrants to temporary reception centers.
A migrant waits to board a bus to a temporary shelter in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus) Some of the Calais migrants fled to Paris, joining others who have arrived from Italy after dangerous crossings from the Mideast and Africa.
Migrants wait to board buses to temporary shelters, in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Migrants wait to board buses to temporary shelters, in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Migrants sit under a bus stop in a migrants makeshift camp, in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Migrants collect clothes as they move through a migrant makeshift camp, in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A migrant sleeps as he waits to board buses to temporary shelters in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Migrants walk through a makeshift camp in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Migrants collect clothes in a migrant makeshift camp in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Migrants gather in a makeshift camp in Paris, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. Police and city officials are clearing out hundreds of migrants camped out on sidewalks in northern Paris in a camp that recently grew into a new challenge for the French government. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)