Anti-migrant protesters in the French port city of Calais clashed with police on Saturday as they defied a ban and rallied in support of a Europe-wide initiative by the Islamophobic Pegida movement, reports RFI.
Around 150 protesters gathered in central Calais carrying signs such as "This is our home," waving the French flag and singing the French national anthem, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported.
Police issued warnings for the demonstration to disperse and then fired tear gas to break it up, arresting around 10 people, the correspondent said.
Calais has become a hotspot of Europe's refugee crisis. Around 3,700 migrants are living in a camp on the outskirts of the city, nicknamed the "Jungle", hoping to smuggle themselves across the Channel to Britain on lorries or trains.
Anti-Islamic group Pegida, which began as a movement in Germany in mid-2014 and has since spread to France and other European countries, has called on members and sympathisers across Europe to join marches on Saturday.