The mayors of Aubervilliers, Pantin and the 19th arrondissement of Paris are asking Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne to act in the face of the "
disastrous situation
" in Square Forceval and to "
make the resolution of this crisis a priority for action
" .
of the new government.
Since September 2021, more than a hundred crack users have gathered there.
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At the end of September, between 150 and 200 drug addicts had been moved by the police headquarters to this small square in the northeast of the capital, on the edge of Seine-Saint-Denis and on the edge of the ring road, in order to relieve the Jardins d 'Éole (18th century), previous meeting point.
Since then, residents and traders have lived "
in permanent fear of the attacks that punctuate their daily lives, undergo regular intrusions into their buildings, are confronted every day with scenes of prostitution and violence between users and drug traffickers
", deplore the three elected officials. .
“
While most of the consumers present are now beneficiaries of supported accommodation, financed under the crack plan, they remain very present on the site.
“And the residents suffer their”
aggressive begging
“and their”
uncontrollable behavior
“, they further detail.
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Elected officials are asking for "
global, health, medical and social care
" for drug addicts "
in a hospital environment, a good distance from dense residential areas in working-class neighborhoods and areas of traffic and consumption
", but also "
a repositioning national police services at Porte de la Villette, with more resources
".
At the end of January, the prefect of police Didier Lallement had given up his plan to move this same group of drug addicts from the north-east of Paris, their historic district, to a railway wasteland in Bercy (south-east) in the face of opposition from the town hall of Paris and right-wing elected officials from Val-de-Marne.
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