Police evacuate migrant families from Paris sidewalks 
ANGELA CHARLTON, Associated Press

 

PARIS (AP) — Police and city officials are evacuating at least 1,600 migrants from Afghanistan, Sudan, Eritrea and elsewhere who have been living on the streets of northern Paris for weeks, authorities said, in the latest of a string of attempts to find solutions for Europe's migration crisis.

 

City Hall said two operations were carried out Friday morning on a stretch of pavement underneath an elevated metro line not far from the Montmartre neighborhood. One focused on about 80 women and children in the makeshift camp, while the other focused on the men, according to a statement from City Hall.

 

An official with the Paris regional administration said more than 1,000 people had been transported to temporary shelters by mid-morning, while authorities estimate about 1,600 to 1,800 migrants had been living at the site overall. They are being bused to 74 sites around the Paris region where authorities will give them food and medical treatment and help those who are eligible apply for asylum.

 

The regional administration official said a minority of the migrants refused to be shuttled to temporary shelters, some because they want to try to get to Britain instead. The official is not authorized to be publicly named.

 

Paris authorities have carried out several similar operations this year in the same area, most recently a month ago, but it remains a magnet for migrants. The mayor says several dozen migrants arrive every day and is planning a reception center for them nearby.

 

France has come under criticism for its handling of Europe's migrant crisis, notably for allowing thousands to live in squalid conditions in a camp in the northern city of Calais.

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Alex Turnbull contributed to this report.

 

-- © Associated Press 2016-09-16

Beirut used to be the Paris of the Middle East

Buenos Aires used to be the Paris of South America

Saigon used to be the Paris of the Orient

Shangai was the Paris of the East.

 

Now, Paris is the Mogadishu of Europe.

Sounds like what BMA has been doing over the past year... 

17 hours ago, trogers said:

Sounds like what BMA has been doing over the past year... 

BMA?

" Police and city officials are evacuating at least 1,600 migrants ....."

 

Are they kicking the crap out of them? Buildings are evacuated, people are not - at least not in the sense meant here.

Edited September 17, 20169 yr by halloween

Maybe they can be evacuated by military transport aircraft back to where ever they came from.

22 hours ago, webfact said:

Police evacuate migrant families from Paris sidewalks 

 

You do not evacuate people who are illegally occupying sidewalks.

 

You arrest them. Process them and them deport them for breaking the law.

3 hours ago, SgtRock said:

3 hours ago, SgtRock said:

You can really see and feel the desire to integrate 

the west is digging its own grave

 

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