Alexandra Jaegy 07:45, December 05, 2022
Since Friday, around 200 migrants have set up their tents on the Place du Palais-Royal, in front of the Council of State, in the center of Paris.
They claim to be minors and ask for emergency accommodation.
A complicated situation to live with, whether for the young refugees or for the inhabitants of the district.
Tents pitched in front of the Council of State in the heart of Paris.
Hundreds of migrants have been camping in front of the building since Friday.
There are about 200 of them. Particularity: all declare themselves to be minors and request emergency accommodation.
But they face the refusal of the administration which leaves it to justice to decide on their real age.
On the spot, the situation becomes complicated and the cohabitation with the residents far from being simple.
"We sleep outside, it's very cold"
Hundreds of tents and survival blankets facing the Council of State, a few steps from the Louvre.
An unusual and tense situation in this district in the heart of the capital.
Residents and migrants find themselves in an impossible situation.
Arrived in France three months ago, this young Guinean is exhausted.
"It's very hard. We're completely depressed because it's not going well. As you can see, we're sleeping outside, it's very cold. So we need accommodation. Really, there isn't any what it takes. Since I arrived in France, I've been sleeping outside, it's not okay, it's not okay at all. We need help and we want to go to school. We have hope."
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Everyone hopes that the situation will be resolved quickly.
Residents are also fed up.
Malo lives in the neighborhood, he is exasperated.
"It's very complicated to live next to migrant camps. It's a mess, it's a disturbance of public order. It's a real problem. People have to take their responsibilities. I find it's purely scandalous and the associations that help them are also scandalous."
These associations assure it: without a solution proposed quickly by the government, these tents will continue at all costs to occupy the place of the Palais-Royal.