They have been there for five, ten, twenty years.
They are shopkeepers, residents, or employees of the Quatre-Chemins district, straddling Aubervilliers, Pantin (Seine-Saint-Denis) and the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
In unison, they describe a before and after September 24th.
Date on which Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin ordered the evacuation of crack users from the Jardins d'Eole and Rue Riquet, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, to direct them two kilometers away, Porte de la Villette.
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