The emergency accommodation center located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, whose opening had aroused violent opposition from residents and elected officials of this district anchored on the right, will be extended by at least three years, announces the City of Paris.

With a capacity of 200 people and managed by the association Aurore, the center "The promise of dawn" has welcomed since its opening in November 2016, nearly 600 people, "including 209 children but also 53 people over the age of 60”, indicates the town hall of Paris to underline an “absolutely indisputable” social report.

The location of this center at Porte de Passy, ​​an affluent district on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, had provoked very violent reactions among some residents, who had disrupted a public meeting organized at the Dauphine University, insulting in particular the prefect of Paris Sophie Brocas.

The mayor LR of the 16th arrondissement Claude Goasguen, who has since died, had denounced the "diktat" of the town hall of Paris and more than 40,000 residents had signed a petition against this center described as "new Sangatte", in reference to the center of the Cross- Rouge which had gathered up to 800 migrants in Calais, before being closed in 2002. Two fire attempts had also taken place.

Already extended from 2019 to 2022

But since then, the center "finally found its place in the neighborhood and the criticism immediately stopped", welcomes the town hall, highlighting the "numerous interactions with the schools and the parish of the neighborhood".

"The controversies are now behind us, the local residents are now lending a hand to the teams", insists to AFP Ian Brossat, the deputy (PCF) to the emergency accommodation of the mayor PS Anne Hidalgo who justifies the extension of the center due to the "cruel" lack of accommodation in the capital.

A big controversy, a stormy meeting, two attempts at fire, and in the end: nearly 600 people welcomed, including 200 children.



And a great success that we are extending for 3 years.

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— Ian Brossat (@IanBrossat) May 24, 2022


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Initially planned for a period of three years, the center had already been extended from 2019 to 2022 and was to be dismantled from the fall.

But "the pandemic has largely contributed to further weakening precarious people" and "social watch systems are under extreme pressure", according to the town hall, with, in Paris according to Aurore, a sudden increase in day care by 60% for families and 100% for isolated and homeless people.

The next Council of Paris will have to validate this decision to which the government gave a favorable opinion at the end of April.

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