A camp of about a thousand migrants north of Paris was evacuated by police on Thursday morning, several associations said, condemning, however, that several hundred exiles did not benefit from the rescue operation.
These people, mostly from Afghanistan, lived for about a month in very unsafe conditions, sometimes on the ground, under the upper section of the Paris Metro in the Chapelle district.
“There is no solution to existence”
Informal campA quiet evacuation took place at 07:00 on Thursday morning.said Flore Judet, manager of the Utopia56 association that helps them. It was created after the previous evacuation on September 28 and had “has been increasing rapidly in recent days“, he added.
About 600 to 700 people were counted at the site by France Terre d’Asile (FTDA), the state-run agency, and 634 were granted asylum, according to the association. But closeAnother 400 were evacuated from the area without any accommodation solutionFlora Judet lamented.
“If we relax even a little for those who have been taken care of, we worry a lot about those who have not been and who will come later.“, Milo Borsotti gushes, on the ground for the NGO “Doctors of the World”, which estimates the number of neglected people at 300.
“The situation is getting worse.”
“Paris has seen a significant increase in asylum seeker arrivals in recent weeks. This camp (…) was growing rapidly and urgent shelter was needed to avoid the risk of overcrowding, deterioration of sanitation and worsening of the situation.“Delphine Rouleau, Director General of France Terre d’Asile, explains.
“Hopefully this will be quickly followed by a second (operation) to offer everyone a solution“He added, considering that this situation.”once again asks to open the first reception centers in big cities“avoid”that asylum seekers sleep outside“and organize”their distribution throughout the area upon arrival“.
Source: Le Figaro
