Difficult not to see it, difficult also not to foresee what was going to happen... For four months, nearly 70 migrants have found refuge under precarious tents on Place de l'Etoile in Strasbourg, right next to the station where tourist buses drop off their passengers.

A symbolic location because located at the foot of the administrative building of the Eurometropolis and the town hall.

If many wild camps, often hidden to avoid evictions, exist all around the city, that of the Star has the merit of alerting and questioning the situation of these families plunged into total disarray.

Also, it was like a thunderclap when they learned that the place would be evacuated by the police on Tuesday at the end of the afternoon, for security reasons, the place being in the immediate vicinity of the fireworks fired for the July 14th.

A “left-wing city that calls itself a welcoming city”

“Between the choice of fireworks and the unacceptable living conditions of these people, there is no choice to make, it is priority for human life”, shouted a Strasbourg woman this Monday morning at the elected address.

About fifty people gathered at the call of the collective D'ailleurs Nous Sommes d'Ici 67 mobilized to demand accountability and "a concrete solution" from the community.

A "left-wing city that calls itself a welcoming city", even ironically some people in the crowd.

At the same time, a letter had been sent by the collective to the prefecture with the same grievances, to quickly find permanent accommodation solutions for these migrants, mainly Macedonians but also from Eastern Europe, Afghanistan or Syria.

The city has a “duty of security vis-à-vis the inhabitants”, recalls the collective.

It indicates in a press release published on Saturday that it has “undertaken the necessary procedures in order to proceed with their sheltering”.

The community also emphasizes "ensuring access to toilets and drinking water 24 hours a day" and being in search of sustainable and decent accommodation solutions with all the partners, while recalling the responsibilities of the State. .

This Monday morning, Marie-Dominique Dreyssé, 17th vice-president of the Eurometropolis, addressed the crowd and indicated that there "was for the moment" no concrete proposal for Tuesday.

Without a solution found, “there will be no fireworks”, announced the elected official.

A small delegation of activists and families from the Etoile camp was subsequently received at the Eurometropolis.

A possible relocation to a gymnasium is mentioned, far from meeting expectations.

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