The migrants who occupied a disused nursery school in the 16th arrondissement of Paris on Sunday were all sheltered temporarily in Parisian gymnasiums on the night of Sunday 24 to Monday 25 January, we learned from concordant sources.
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Nearly 200 people, mainly Afghan asylum seekers, were taken in charge by the Paris city hall, which opened these places "
while the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region
(in charge of the accommodation of exiles, editor's note)
do not take over,
”said Ian Brossat, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of migration issues and emergency accommodation.
These homeless exiles took over this abandoned establishment on Sunday for two years to claim accommodation in the middle of winter and against the backdrop of a pandemic.
Buses took 101 people, including 33 women and 25 children, to a gymnasium in the 5th arrondissement and 80 men to a gymnasium in the 16th arrondissement, according to the Paris town hall, which had judged that the school was "
not heated
" nor "
secure
" to be squatted while awaiting a response from the state.
The transfer of these people ended "
around 1:00 am
" and "
everyone left school with a solution
", confirmed Utopia56, one of the associations organizing the occupation.
"
We will remain attentive to ensure that this temporary solution is not followed by deliveries to the street
", was stressed within the association, which however welcomed this rapid support and in the calm.
At the end of November, several hundred migrants had set up a camp in the center of Paris on the Place de la République to request their shelter.
The violent dismantling of their installations had caused great emotion even within the government and the opening of two investigations concerning police officers for "
violence
".
