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April 18, 2024

Police Evict Hundreds from France's Largest Squat Ahead of Paris Olympics
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French police forcibly evicted some 450 people, mostly migrants and
asylum seekers, from France's largest squat, located in a Parisian
suburb. Housing and immigrant rights advocates say it's part of a plan
to remove unhoused people and refugees from Paris ahead of the Summer
Olympics. Buses were waiting to bring residents of the squat to other
cities, even though many of them have jobs in the Paris area and some
families have children attending local schools.


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