France follows the example of its predecessors in previous editions of the Olympic GamesIn 2004, Greece expelled thousands of migrants, beggars, drug addicts and homeless people from the streets of Athens. In 2008, China evicted 1.5 million people to build its Olympic facilities. In 2012, England evacuated homeless people, sex workers and violent groups for the Olympic Games in London. In 2016, 77,000 people from favelas and poor neighborhoods in Brazil were displaced for the sporting event in Rio. In 2021, Japan also expelled hundreds of people in preparation for the opening ceremony in Tokyo. Now, just weeks before the opening of the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris, the French government is finalizing and polishing the last details with the aim of making the ceremony, as much as the sporting event, simply perfect. Since 2021, the Evictions have affected 12,545 people.
French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Casteralike the Government, has denied that the ‘social netting‘(social cleansing), as various humanitarian groups have dubbed the relocation of vulnerable members of Parisian society—which takes place every week on the streets of Paris—is linked to the Rugby World Cup (held in 2023) and the long-awaited and long-awaited Olympic and Paralympic Games. Although the truth is that since 2021, the French authorities have focused on evacuate homeless people, migrants, gypsies, sex workers and drug addicts for the Olympic Games. Paul Alauzyspokesperson for the group and coordinator at Doctors of the World, explains to France 24 that evacuation operations are not a new concept, however, “the frequency with which occupied sites are evacuated and the systematic sending of evacuees to another French region” has changed.
In fact, in 2022, there were approximately 50,000 homeless people staying overnight in hotels on the Ile-de-France. Since 2023, 5,000 available places have been cancelled, as around 500 hotels in Paris have cancelled their emergency accommodation contracts with the government, in order to have more rooms available for tourists. Half of them in Seine-Saint-Denis, where approximately One in three people is an immigrantSince April last year, the French government has been working to speed up the transfer of homeless people from Paris to other regions of the country, such as Lyon, Marseille or Bordeaux, arguing that there will be more accommodation available for the homeless, with a major emphasis on migrants, he explains. TF1 Info. According to figures from the Ministry of Housing, collected by Of the more than 200,000 homeless people housed each night in the country, 100,000 are in the Île-de-France region.
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The problem is that after arriving in their new cities, they live in shelters for up to three weeks while authorities determine whether they meet the asylum requirements, the report says. New York TimesThose who do comply can receive long-term accommodation while they apply for asylum. But Around 60% of asylum seekers fail to obtain asylumThe difference between asylum seeker and refugee is that asylum seeker refers to persons seeking international protection, but whose applications for refugee status have not yet been determined.
The French government plans to spend 30 million euros renovating two police stations in Seine-Saint-Denis, home of the Olympic Village, where 28.6% of the inhabitants live below the poverty line and public housing is close to 40%, he explains. New York Times. In addition, the President’s administration will provide 10 million euros, as part of the former Prime Minister’s proposals. Édouard Philippea bonus for officials working in the region, provided that, commit to staying there for at least five years.
Various groups, human rights defenders, have been denouncing the treatment of homeless people and migrants for years. In October 2023, Utopia 56, a humanitarian association that promotes citizen mobilization and the defense of the rights of people living in exile and migration, published on X: “Tonight, in front of the Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games, We denounce social cleansing in preparation for the Paris 2024 Games.Under the cover of the event, the State is evicting and displacing thousands of people, without dialogue or real solutions.” But this has become almost a tradition of the host countryA 2007 study by the Centre for Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), an international non-governmental organisation, reports that More than two million people have been displacedas a result of the Olympic Games, in the last 20 years.
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