(AFP) With the end of France’s coronavirus lockdown, the migrants who came to the country for a better future are back on the streets.
Turfed out of the state-organised accommodation that housed them during the confinement period, the migrants are again scraping by in camps north of Paris, even though the dire hygiene conditions expose them to much higher contagion risks.
Food, water and toilets are hard to come by, aid groups say, and social distancing is impossible as the number of closely packed tents along the Saint-Denis canal grows larger by the day.
“You cannot live in here,” said Moussa, a 27-year-old Somalian at the camp in Aubervilliers.
