Illustration: Two Civil Protection volunteers discuss with a homeless man in his tent in Paris, February 9, 2021. -

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“Every day we try to find a trick to get out of it, and it's a struggle.

Like 300,000 people in France, according to figures from the Abbé-Pierre Foundation, Graziella and Andrei are homeless.

At 6 p.m., they have nowhere to go, and spend their nights in the street, even when it's snowing.

They then try to warm up by all imaginable means: by accumulating blankets, by warming their hands over a saucepan full of flaming papers sprayed with hydroalcoholic gel, or even by improvising a sports session, which also allows their muscles not to get too stiff ...

Our partner, Brut, spent a night in the cold with Graziella and Andrei:

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