This vast operation started around 6 a.m. on Tuesday, and ended in the middle of the morning: 1,436 people, occupying insanitary camps installed at Porte d'Aubervilliers in Paris (19th century) were evacuated and sheltered.
Some 249 migrants (including 93 children) living with their families, as well as 1187 single men were taken care of to be transported to gymnasiums and reception centers in Ile-de-France.
In these camps also lived a certain number of people addicted to crack: 34 of them (25 men and nine women) were referred to dedicated structures, where they will be accompanied by associations. All evacuees will benefit from a social, health and administrative diagnosis.
1. Places before evacuation. The photo was taken on January 20, Porte d'Aubervilliers. An evacuation operation was announced "before the end of the month".
2. Insanitary camp. Hundreds of people lived in makeshift tents and barracks, a veritable slum at the gates of the capital.
3. More and more people. The camp population had increased sharply since the dismantling of another nearby camp, Porte de la Chapelle, on November 7.
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4. Exile. The migrants are mainly from Afghanistan, the Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa.
5. Direction a roof. Buses were chartered to transport evacuees to accommodation centers and gymnasiums requisitioned for the occasion in Ile-de-France.
6. Catastrophic health situation. The Ile-de-France ARS (Regional Health Agency) noted, in its report of January 24, the presence of tuberculosis and parasitic diseases.
7. Vulnerable. The ARS also points to situations of "mental suffering" and "extreme vulnerability", especially among women and minors.
8. Explosive crime. Assaults, robberies in all their forms, drug trafficking, aggressive begging ... were "constantly increasing", points out the police prefect's evacuation order.
10. Cleaning. The services of the City of Paris are working to clean up this muddy ground strewn with mattresses, boxes, pallets and various detritus.
