Paris, The Olympics, and the City’s Homeless Migrants

By Vusi vilanculos – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Link

The New York Times today is reporting on efforts by the city of Paris to rehome the city’s homeless migrants. Thousands (!!) of migrants have been bussed out of the city limits “only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation.”

Before this article, I hadn’t realized that the “Olympic Village” (where all athletes are accommodated) was built in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods. To make that happen, the city had to move migrants sheltering in abandoned buildings and on the streets.

Part of the bussing program entails screening homeless migrants for asylum eligibility. Those who are found ineligible are slated for deportation.

-KitJ