Between 250 and 300 people camped from 13 to 17 November in front of the city hall of Paris’s 20th arrondissement, due to a lack of adequate emergency accommodation. At 1:30 on the evening of Sunday to Monday, around 70 children, mothers, unaccompanied minors, and some fathers were finally received in the city hall reception room before being escorted on the morning of November 17 to the Paris gymnasium for temporary shelter. “The children have gone to school and there are parents who have gone to work, so tonight they will go back to the gym,” explained the coordinator of the Paris branch of the exile aid association Utopia 56, Luc Viger, who spent several days there.
“People are very relieved. You should see what it’s like to have your clothes soaked and sleep in temperatures close to two degrees. underlined the activist. Day and night, local residents and business owners took turns bringing warm clothes, blankets and diapers for the families in attendance. “Fortunately there is a lot of solidarity, underlined the Utopia 56 spokesperson,
