April 27, 2025
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Thousands of homeless people removed from Paris in pre-Olympics ‘social cleaning’

Thousands of homeless people removed from Paris in pre-Olympics ‘social cleaning’

Campaigners say operation to bus ‘undesirable’ people out of city and wider Île-de-France region has intensified

Thousands of homeless people have been removed from Paris and the surrounding area as part of a “clean-up” operation ahead of the Olympic Games, campaigners say.

Those moved on include asylum seekers, as well as families and children already in a precarious and vulnerable situation, the collective Le Revers de la Médaille, which represents 90 associations, said in a report released on Monday.

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