The number of migrants sleeping rough on the streets of Paris has risen by at least a third since the start of the week when the "Jungle" shanty town in Calais was evacuated.
Along the bustling boulevards and a canal in a northeastern corner of Paris, hundreds of tents have been pitched by asylum seekers - mostly Africans who say they are from Sudan - with cardboard on the ground to try and insulate them from the cold.
— Al Jazeera
While their presence is not new, it has grown substantially this week, said Colombe Brossel, Paris deputy mayor in charge of security issues.
According to the article, there are up to a thousand more people living on the streets of Paris—amounting to around 2,500 in total—following the closure of the Calais refugee settlement. Most of these asylum seekers are from Sudan or elsewhere in Africa. While the city of Paris has plans to open two new reception centers, they will only be able to house less than 1,000 people.
Meanwhile, France and Britain are squabbling over which country will take responsibility for the 1,500 minors who were living in Calais. Despite pleas from the French president François Hollande, the new Prime Minister of the UK, Theresa May, has declined to make any extra commitments. May has taken a hardline stance against immigration since assuming office after the Brexit referendum.
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