France

The 'social clean-up' ahead of the Paris Olympics

A collective organisation representing associations dedicated to assisting people in situations of social exclusion this week published a report documenting the crackdown in Paris on the homeless and squatters ahead of the Olympic Games to be held in the capital this summer. It notes that a “social clean-up” began in earnest last year, and has led to the evictions and forced expulsions of more than 12,000 people. Faïza Zerouala reports.

Faïza Zerouala

Paul Alauzy is a coordinator with the French medical care NGO Médecins du monde and acts as the spokesperson for a collective called Le Revers de la médaille (roughly translatable as “The flip side of the medal”) which represents about 100 different associations dedicated to assisting people in situations of social exclusion.

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