当地时间6月20日下午3时（北京时间6月20日21时），8500多名法国华人华侨高举着“反对暴力、我要安全”的横幅，振臂高呼，从法国巴黎美丽城出发，抗议长期针对华侨华人的暴力抢盗行为，呼吁法国当局采取措施，改善巴黎安全状况。

About 8,500 people turned out on the streets of Paris' eastern Belleville district, where they called for "coordinated¹ and concerted" action by the authorities against a growing number of attacks.

A protest against violence targeting the Chinese community（社区，团体） in Paris ended on Sunday with demonstrators（示威者） being tear-gassed by police.

About 8,500 people turned out on the streets of city's eastern Belleville district, where they called for "coordinated（协调的） and concerted" action by the authorities against a growing number of attacks.

Trouble broke out as the demonstration² was ending when scuffles（混战，扭打） erupted between a group of around a dozen youths and 50 young demonstrators, police said.

According to multiple witnesses, trouble started when a bag belonging to one of the demonstrators was stolen. Police intervened（干涉，调停） and said three people were arrested.

Police tear-gassed the crowd after objects were thrown at them, prompting demonstrators to overturn（推翻，破坏） cars and block traffic in the area for several hours.

Belleville is an ethnically³ diverse（不同的，多种多样的） district of the French capital that has seen an influx⁴ of Asian immigrants in the last 10 years.

According to organizers from French-Chinese organizations, who distributed 5,000 T-shirts and stickers saying "Security For All", it was the largest demonstration by the Chinese community on record in France.

"French-Asian associations are marching for the first time against the lack of security," said the president of the organizers, Chan Sing Mo. "If the problem continues, we'll come out again in larger numbers."

In the last few months, Chinese in the French capital have been subjected to（遭受，承受） attacks and violent robberies by youths in Belleville and other parts of eastern Paris, and many feel at a disadvantage as immigrants.

"Those who can't speak French or don't have proper papers are not able to complain," a florist⁵（花商，种花人） in Belleville said.