The government imposed this system to distribute the homeless across the territory. Many local elected officials criticize a poorly adapted system.
"Let's save our heritage!" proclaims a huge banner on the heights, in front of the castle that dominates the village. Saint-Jean-le-Vieux, in the Ain, will not welcome homeless people in its castle of the twelfth century, listed as a historical monument. "The population of the 115, migrants dislodged from Paris because of the future Olympic Games?" asked the mayor Christian Batailly.