Policemen hold residents after a demolition operation turned violent in Manila, Philippines, Sept. 24.

Residents throw stones and beer bottles during a demoliton operation to clear a settlers area in Makati City on Sept. 24.

Residents arm themselves with bottles and other objects to be thrown at police during a demolition operation in Makati City on Sept. 24.

Demolition crews dismantle shanties in the Makati financial district of Manila on Sept. 24.

An illegal settler cries with her husband as they are detained by a member of the SWAT police team.

Residents battle with police during the demolition of their shanties.

Philippine National Police officers and SWAT team members try to arrest resisting informal settlers during the demolition of their shanty in Taguig city, Sept. 20, east of Manila, Philippines.

Police seek cover behind their shields during a clash with residents of a squatters area in Taguig, Metro Manila Sept. 20.

Police detain a resident during a protest in a squatters area in Taguig, Metro Manila Sept. 20.

A squatter is arrested on the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in Amsterdam shortly before an evacuation of squats by Dutch riot police, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on June 19 June. Since the introduction of a new law in October 2010, some 330 squats have been evacuated in the city.

Masked squatters are seen in a squatted house on the Lange Leidsedwarsstraat in Amsterdam shortly before an evacuation of squats by Dutch riot police, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on June 19.

Squatters stand behind a banner which translates as "Who evacuates will face resistance, squatting goes on." in the window of a squatted premises in Amsterdam on June 19, ahead of their eviction by riot police.