[AnNahar] French police on Tuesday cleared the last migrant tent camp in northeast Gay Paree, moving 427 people to shelters as part of a plan to take The
The operation to tear down the camp began at 6:00 am (0500 GMT) and lasted two hours, the regional prefecture said.
Dozens of informal settlements have sprung up in recent years around the French capital.
Many of the
The authorities regularly tear down the camps, saying they pose a health hazard.
'Health hazard'... yes, both short and long-term.
Last week, police moved more than 1,400
Interior Minister Christophe Castaner had promised to clear all migrant camps from the city by the end of last year, in part by opening more shelters for asylum seekers but also by deporting those whose claims are rejected.
Police are being deployed to ensure
"We are not going to resume a never-ending cycle of evacuations followed by new installations," Gay Paree police chief Didier Lallement said last week.
But critics say that unless the government provides long-term lodgings or the prospect of legal residency,
| ...or possibly — though this is a radical thought, I know — send them all back where they came from... |
President Emmanuel Macron said last year that La Belle France must end its "lax" approach to immigration.