Police expel hundreds of cellar invaders in Paris, before the Olympic Games

2024-04-18 01:12:01

PARIS (AP) — 100 days before the opening of the Paris Olympics, police on Wednesday evicted one of the largest groups of property invaders in the south of the French capital.

Various authorities, including dozens of gendarmes, emptied the makeshift camp in an abandoned bus company located in Vitry-sur-Seine.

The camp had become home to about 450 migrants. The images of his expulsion quickly went viral on social networks.

Various aid workers are concerned about the possibility that this initiative by the Parisian authorities to evict immigrants and other people sleeping rough or in invaded properties within the city before the Olympic Games will generate greater problems, given that it is not is providing those expelled with assistance in finding long-term shelter.

“This invasion was the largest in France. She grew twice as much in one year because of the Olympic Games. “Last year, the authorities released immigrants from the nearby Olympic Village, and many displaced people arrived here,” said Paul Alauzy, of the humanitarian organization Médecins du Monde, who has closely monitored the progress of the releases of invaders in recent years. two years.

Alauzy said people were crowded into the warehouse.

The eviction operation will continue for several days. The site is empty: 150 people left one night before the police arrived, while 300 were evacuated before 8 a.m. Wednesday.

Among the 450 there were 20 children and 50 women, the assistance group reported.

The move is part of a broader campaign by local authorities to dismantle spell camps, as the city prepares to host the Games, from July 26 to August 11.

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