Police on Tuesday morning moved in to remove pro-Palestinian protest encampments at Yale University and the University of Connecticut.

Meanwhile, an encampment at Wesleyan remained on Tuesday morning, and appeared to have grown in size.

At UConn's campus in Storrs, the encampment at Dove Tower that had been in place since Thursday was forcibly removed by police, and several students were arrested for disobeying orders to vacate the area. Some of the student protesters threatened to disrupt graduation ceremonies if their demands were not met.

Protesting UConn students said police threw away food, medical supplies, personal items, cleaning supplies and sleeping bags.

Muneeb Syeb, a junior who has been at the encampment since it began, said roughly 50 students were there when police arrived at around 5 a.m. Tuesday. By 7 a.m., Syeb said, police were telling students to leave the area or risk being arrested.

Despite the encampment being torn down Tuesday morning, "this certainly is by no means an end to it," Syeb said.

Students viewed police from a short distance as law enforcement stood as a human fence to keep them away.

Several protesters were chanting, "free Palestine," and shouting obscenities at police while officer were dismantling the encampment.

Stephanie Reitz, a UConn spokesperson, said officers were working to put an end to encampments after protesters received several warnings. She said university officials four days ago reminded students of campus outdoor gathering guidelines.

"UConn Police directed them four times on Tuesday morning to remove the tents and disperse, and they again repeatedly ignored the directives," Reitz said. "Officers then entered the site to remove the tents and tarps and to arrest those who refused compliance."

Reitz said there would be an update on the number of students arrested later Tuesday.

At Wesleyan University in Middletown, a protest encampment appeared Tuesday to have doubled in size since Monday.

In New Haven, Yale protesters at an encampment in front of the school's Sterling Memorial Library were awoken by police during the early morning hours, according to Chisato Kimura, one of the student protesters.

No new arrests of protesters were made at Yale on Tuesday morning.

A statement issued by the university Tuesday morning said school officials issued "final warnings" to protesters at the encampment that they must end it or "face discipline including suspension for violating university rules and arrest for trespassing."

The statement said protesters left the encampment. Protesters had erected tents at the site Sunday afternoon on the quad, an area known as Cross Campus, according to Yale. Protesters have occupied the space for a week, after Yale police cleared a similar encampment at nearby Beinecke Plaza last Monday.

Kimura said the demonstrators were given 15 minutes to leave after the first warning issued by police. Police were "unclear" about where protesters were allowed to stand, she said. The protesters then were given three minutes to back up behind a line of yellow police caution tape that blocked off the grassy quad in front of the library.

Kimura said no arrests were made, but that students were threatened with "emergency suspension" and arrest if they did not leave.

"This is a college campus, we're peacefully protesting on our college campus, this is their response to that," said Kimura.

Officer Christian Bruckhart, a New Haven police spokesperson, said New Haven police were called in to assist Yale police around 5:30 to 6 a.m.

"Several attempts by Pericles Lewis, Dean of Yale College, to convince the protestors that they had other means besides occupying Cross Campus to get their message heard were unsuccessful," a statement from Yale said. "The tent encampment was located near student dorms, libraries, and classrooms, where many students are writing their final papers and studying for final exams."

On Tuesday morning, a crowd of dozens of protesters remained squared off on the sidewalk in front of the Cross Campus quad opposite a line of uniformed police. Some of the police carried zip-tie handcuffs.

As the protesters chanted and sang, workers in high-visibility yellow vests and sweatshirts dismantled the encampment in front of the library. By around 8:30 a.m., all signs of the encampment had been swept clean.

New Haven Police Chief Karl Jacobson addressed protesters on a bullhorn, telling them they could not come back on campus until the cleanup was done, and asked them not to impede pedestrian traffic on the sidewalk.

As the tents were being taking them down at Yale, protesters chanted, "Hey, hey, ho ho, the occupation has got to go!" and, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, there's blood on your portfolio." A protester also called out the casualties in the past 24 hours, to which others responded, "Shame!"

Police used barricade tape to seal off the quad of Cross Campus, which closed all entrances where the encampment was set up.

A student on the microphone told protesters that officers gave them three minutes to leave or students would face "emergency suspension" by the university.

Students chanted from the sidewalk, "We demand that Yale divest," and, "Shame on you," accompanied with a cardboard missile that read, "Paid for by Yale."

More than 1,000 attendees joined a peaceful march organized by several Connecticut pro-Palestinian organizations Sunday in downtown New Haven.

This came after Yale students began demonstrations on their campus to pressure school officials to divest of holdings in weapons manufacturing companies contributing to Israel.

Last week, 45 protesters participating in the students' efforts were arrested after hundreds gathered near or on Yale's campus and blocked a downtown intersection.

The Yale's Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility has since responded and stated the university would not divest.

In a letter to students, Yale officials said students could face discipline and consequences if they do not adhere to the code of conduct.

"This space is adjacent to residential colleges, where many students are studying for final exams," the letter, which was reposted on Instagram, said. "Student protestors have since been asked to remove these tents as they violate the university's policy, and they have been reminded of the university's policies on the use of outdoor space, postering and chalking, and the use of amplified sound."

The UConn protesters' demands include disclosure of all the university's investments; severing ties with all war-related industries and companies, including Pratt & Whitney, Lockhead Martin, and Raytheon Technologies; severing ties with Israel, including study-abroad programs; and implementing a more universal enforcement policy for anti-Arabic, anti-Palestinian, and anti-Black incidents.

Organizers updated their demands over the weekend to include amnesty for those engaged in pro-Palestinian events on campus.