I am an Afghan citizen on my name is Murtaza.

When Mattias Academy left his home in Afghanistan and smuggled himself into France, he did so, hoping to escape the violence in his homeland.

However, he says he found himself in a situation in a central Parisian square this week that was far from the safe haven.

He dreamt off an operation which he says resulted in him being beaten with batons by French police.

Yesterday we set up tents there, but then something terrible happened.

The police arrived and started beating people.

Although the French people supported and protected the immigrants, which we're grateful for, the police also beat them.

The police forces had no mercy.

We thought they were humane people, but unlike ordinary people, they're not like that at all.

Academy and dozens of other migrants and asylum seekers had pitched The tents is part of an organized protests intended to attract attention to their precarious living conditions.

But police in riot gear moved in to disperse them.

America French people on the other migrants witnessed the police beating me inside my tent.

The police forces even beat me with their baton.

I have nothing with me because when we were escaping from the police, my belongings remained in the tent Monda.

Many ordinary French people were supportive, he said that the police were hostile.

When I see behavior like that, I feel like I'm in Afghanistan, Pakistan or Iran because those countries police treat people the same way.

I even feel that the French police treated us like the Taliban on Islamic state.

My body still trembles when I remember last night's incident.

Originally from northern Afghanistan, Matassa traveled through Pakistan, Iran and the Balkans to reach Frantz.

He now says he has no other choice but to stay in the city and endure the situation on the streets.