The association Les Morts de la Rue, to restore dignity to those who have had an unworthy life
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It is to fight against indifference that the collective Les Morts de la Rue is working to restore an identity and their dignity to the dead of the street.
(Illustrative image) © AFP / Philippe Lopez
By: Laurence Théault
1 min
Men and women who die in the streets, on cardboard boxes and in the rain ... There are an average of 500 each year in France.
A low average, no doubt there are many more ...
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Accidents, lack of care, cold, isolation, exhaustion, assaults kill them.
An association, Les Morts de la Rue, is investigating to make "the invisible" visible.
For nearly twenty years in Paris, the collective has wanted to give a dignified death to those who have had an unworthy life.
According to the survey published on the eve of All Saints' Day by the collective, 587 people living on the streets or in temporary accommodation died in 2020, including at least one in four of violent deaths (assault, suicide, drowning , accident).
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