(AFP) Hundreds of migrants pitched tents in central Paris on Tuesday to call attention to their plight on the streets, where they scrape by in often dire hygiene conditions.
Families, single women and unaccompanied minors were among the 218 migrants who set up an impromptu camp in front of the Paris town hall at around midnight.
Police rapidly dismantled the tents on Tuesday morning. But the city hall invited the migrants inside for talks and admitted that a solution needed to be found.
“It’s a cry for help. I am tired of living in the streets. For women, it’s very dangerous (…). We are easy targets,” said Rolande, a 36-year-old woman from Ivory Coast.
