Without violence.
More than 450 exiles who had set up a new camp Thursday evening on the Place de la République in Paris were transferred smoothly to accommodation centers on Friday morning, the City of Paris said.
Four months after the muscular dismantling of a migrant camp on this same square in the heart of the capital by the police, which had aroused great emotion even within the government, the occupation initiated Thursday evening by several associations took place peacefully and without a police presence.
These exiled people living in the street demanded a place of accommodation on the occasion of the “Night of Solidarity”, an operation to count the homeless in Paris.
Shortly after midnight, about six hours after the deployment of the tents, the first people boarded buses to be taken care of, AFP noted.
"This is what sheltering looks like without the intervention of the police"
This sheltering operation, carried out by the City of Paris and the France Terre Asile association, "allowed the accommodation of 459 people", including 124 with families, and ended around 2:30 am Friday, We learned from the City, which has notably made a gymnasium available in the 17th arrondissement.
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Paris: a migrant camp settles in Place de la République
“I am happy that this occupation has resulted in the sheltering of all without clashes or clashes with the police.
It just goes to show that it is possible as soon as everyone gets started, ”Ian Brossat, deputy mayor of Paris, in charge of welcoming refugees and emergency accommodation, told AFP. .
"500 people in the shelter, our tents recovered for the marauding of the next nights and no violence tonight at Place de la République: this is what sheltering looks like without the intervention of the police", is for its part congratulated Utopia56, one of the associations at the origin of the action.
