A video has surfaced showing women and children being forcibly removed from a makeshift camp of immigrants in northeast Paris.

About 60 immigrants, mostly from the Ivory Coast, set up tents outside a housing project from which they were evicted on July 8. They were moved because the homes in the La Courneuve district are scheduled for demolition.

Most of the evicted immigrants hail from the West African country of Ivory Coast, according to a housing advocacy group. (Right to Housing)

The video recording the confrontation with police was shot July 21 by an observer from the group Droit au Logement (Right to Housing).

French TV network France 24 said that by Friday afternoon the video had been viewed nearly 300,000 times on French video-sharing site Dailymotion.

In the video, police officers can be seen separating one woman from her baby while she's on her knees.

They also pull the legs of another woman, briefly dragging her along the pavement. A baby she had strapped to her back can be seen pinned under her body.

The baby is quickly picked up by a police officer after falling out of the woman's wrap and landing on the pavement.

Some of the women removed from the street camp had babies strapped to their backs. (Right to Housing)

Right to Housing spokesman Michael Hoare told CNN the group set up the camp to protest against not only their first eviction, but also to push for longer-term housing than what was offered as temporary accommodation.

He said authorities had first offered them three nights in a hotel, then extended the offer to 12 nights.

Hoare said the immigrants ended up taking the latter offer, but added there will be talks held regarding what will happen to them in future.

Some of the protesters are legal immigrants and some are not, but most have been living in France for three to 10 years, he said.

Hoare said police had removed more than one journalist who had a camera, ready to record the eviction, but a member of his group still managed to capture the scene on video.

He said one officer tore off the camera's LCD screen, but the footage survived.

According to a statement issued by French police, the eviction of illegal squatters is never “a simple procedure.” Police said the situation of those who were removed from the site is being examined to see if they can be rehoused "depending on different criteria.”