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Social. Over 1,000 slum evictions in 2020

Since November 1, 2019, at least 1,079 evictions so-called living spaces “Informal” – slums, squats …– took place in mainland France, between “Admission of failure” authorities in the face of poor housing and ” bullying “ fragile populations, according to the report of a group of associations.

According to this report published on Monday, drawn up from observations on the ground and press articles, “Between November 1, 2019 and October 31, 2020, 1,079 evictions were recorded, which represents an average of 388 people evicted per day” – some can be expelled several times.

“These repeated evictions have the effect of perpetuating the slums”, explains Manon Fillonneau, from the National Human Rights Collective Romeurope.

They “Move the problem without fixing anything”, she adds, “Since the slums are reforming in the same place or almost, sometimes on the land next door”.

On the coast of Calais and Grande-Synthe, where 80.77% of evictions took place, these are “Daily” and border on ” bullying “, specifies Ms. Fillonneau. “The police arrive at 6 am, wake up children and adults, without distinction”. But all the territories are concerned, especially in the Alps.

Undocumented families

Over time, the people there, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa and Afghanistan, know when the police are coming. They can thus save who a tent, who precious identity papers, before being dislodged.

In 87% of cases, underline the authors of the study, “All or part of the deportees have not been offered any solution” relocation.

When such a proposition takes place, it is added, “This is mainly a temporary shelter […] the only consequence of which is to briefly postpone a return to the street “.

And the conditions to get a few nights in hotels are getting tougher, explains Manon Fillonneau, taking for example a family expelled from a slum in Seine-Saint-Denis whose 15-month-old baby was no longer small enough to automatically be entitled to one night in a hotel. The limit is 12 months.

This report was written by the Abbé Pierre Foundation, Médecins du Monde, the League of Human Rights, the National Human Rights Collective Romeurope, the Migrant Support Platform, Human Rights Observers, the FNASAT and the National Association of Citizen Travelers.

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