France: Further information: No houses yet for all evicted families
| Publisher | Amnesty International |
| Publication Date | 13 November 2014 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | EUR 21/008/2014 |
| Cite as | Amnesty International, France: Further information: No houses yet for all evicted families, 13 November 2014, EUR 21/008/2014, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5465bbae4.html [accessed 22 May 2023] |
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URGENT ACTION
No HOUSES yet for ALL evicted families
The forced eviction of an informal settlement near Bobigny, on the outskirts of Paris, has left about 180 people homeless. Sixty are temporarily living in two social care centres in Paris after having slept several days in a gymnasium. The others were not given any temporary shelter.
On 21 October more than 300 Roma people living in the informal settlement of Bobigny were forcibly evicted. Only 134 people were offered any alternative housing solutions. About 120 people left the informal settlement shortly before the eviction. They had not been provided with any housing solutions and preferred to avoid any encounters with the police in charge of carrying out the eviction. Shortly after the eviction, the authorities followed the remaining people to ensure that they left the municipality of Bobigny. On 22 October at 1am, around 60 people, including children and infants, were eventually offered temporary shelter in a gymnasium by the local council of the 10th district of Paris. They were then moved into two accommodation and social rehabilitation centres in other areas of Paris.
Please write immediately in French, English or your own language:
Urging the Prime Minister to provide adequate alternatives to all those who were forcibly evicted from the Bobigny informal settlement and are currently either homeless or living in temporary accommodation;
Reminding the Prime Minister that according to international human rights standards, as well as the Inter-ministerial Circular adopted by the French government on 26 August 2012, no one should be made homeless after eviction;
Urging him to respect international standards and take measure to prevent any future forced evictions.
