The police evacuated a migrant camp Tuesday, November 30 morning in Mardyck (North), a town adjacent to Grande-Synthe, where a few hundred migrants lived, AFP learned from associations and the North prefecture.
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"
A shelter operation
" took place "
following a court decision
," the North Prefecture told AFP, affirming that "
all people
" had been "
offered a accommodation
”. They were transported by bus to accommodation centers throughout the department, she explained, without specifying how many people had been evacuated. The dismantling "
began around 8:30 am
" with "
a significant CRS device
", told AFP Anna Richel, coordinator of Utopia 56 in Grande-Synthe, affirming that her association had been kept at a distance from the evacuation which involved around “
300 people
”.
"
Five buses left with exiled people
," she added, pointing to the particularly difficult living conditions in the camp where there is no access to water.
"
These people had been living there, under a bridge, along the canal, for about a week after their camp was evacuated a few days ago,
" Claire Millot, of the Salam association, told AFP.
The
police
"
picked up everything
".
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