Aid groups and social justice activists have appealed to French authorities to protect the rights of thousands of migrants and others living on the streets as the Paris region prepares for next year's Olympic Games.
PARIS — Aid groups and social justice activists protested outside the Paris Olympics headquarters and appealed Monday to French authorities to protect the rights of thousands of migrants and others living on the streets as the Paris regionActivists projected the words ‘’The Other Side of the Medal’’ on the Paris 2024 main offices in the suburb of Saint-Denis and strung up protest signs outside the entrance in a brief demonstration Sunday night.
Paris police routinely clear out tent camps housing migrants from around the world, citing public health and safety, but the French capital remains a magnet for people fleeing conflict or poverty, and camps routinely resurface. The signatories to Monday’s appeal called for ’’an ambitious and concerted policy ... to guarantee continuity of care of people in situations of precariousness and exclusion, before during and after the Games.’' They asked for aid groups to be included in pre-Olympics planning by local authorities.
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