Laurent Nuñez and the mayor of Aubervilliers detailed the measures taken on Wednesday evening to exasperated residents. Since September, dozens of “crackers’ have occupied the area around the pedestrian bridge overlooking the Millénaire dock every day.

Some drug addicts set up shop in their building lobbies or harass them when they pass by. The room was so full that residents had to follow the discussions from the back of the room, standing. The meeting took place at a city hall in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.