Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
- Approximately 50 women and children, aged 3 months to 10 years, were removed by police at dawn while sleeping in the plaza. They were relocated to temporary local government housing in Besancon.
- The migrants were found sleeping in strollers, under blankets, or covered with plastic sheets to shield against the rain.
- The group packed their belongings and boarded a bus to the town of Besancon in eastern France for temporary housing.
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Today, French police removed dozens of migrants, including families with small children, from the steps of the Paris City Hall, ahead of the commemoration of 100 days before the opening of the Olympic Games in the capital of France.
Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
French police on Wednesday removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from the forecourt of Paris City Hall as the capital prepares to mark 100 days to the start of the Olympic Games.

Police remove migrants from central Paris square ahead of the Olympics
PARIS (AP) — French police on Wednesday removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from the forecourt of Paris City Hall as the capital prepares to mark 100
And just 100 days before the start of the Olympics in Paris, the police in France forced dozens of immigrants, including women and children aged less than 18, out of the city hall of Paris. And Dr. Paul Feasie says that the immigrants who were here with family members, with their young children, their patients, were trying to build solidarity with them. And now, just outside of the Olympics, they're proposing to go to Tanzania or to go on a trip…
Migrants packed their belongings and boarded a bus that took them to the city of Bezanson in eastern France, where they will temporarily be housed in a local authority building.
French police today removed dozens of migrants, including families with young children, from a plateau outside Paris City Hall, ahead of marking 100 days until the start of the Olympic Games in the French capital.
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