William Molinié, edited by Romain Rouillard 06:08, December 02, 2022

On October 5, about 1,000 police officers were mobilized to dislodge crack users and dealers from Square Forceval, located not far from Porte de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.

According to information from Europe 1, nearly half of the illegal immigrants arrested that day were expelled.

It was over a year ago.

On September 24, 2021, hundreds of crack users were dislodged from the Jardins d'Eole, located in the 19th arrondissement of Paris to be moved to Porte de la Villette in the northeast of the capital.

An operation led by the Paris police headquarters, at the request of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin. 

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Two months ago, on October 5, a thousand police officers were again mobilized to evict these drug addicts and dealers from their camp in Square Forceval, not far from Porte de la Villette.

On this occasion, several dozen illegal immigrants were arrested.

According to information from Europe 1, almost half of them have since been sent back to their country of origin.

In total, they are therefore 40 to have left France.

34 of them took the direction of a country in sub-Saharan Africa while three others were directed to a country in the Maghreb. 

Eradicate the crack problem before the 2024 Paris Olympics

Conversely, 49 other illegal immigrants are still occupying an administrative detention center.

For the moment, the objective is therefore half-fulfilled for Gérald Darmanin.

The Minister of the Interior intends to expel all foreign offenders who constitute a disturbance to public order.

He also set an ambitious course for Laurent Nunez, the Paris police chief.

That of eradicating the problem of crack in the capital before the Olympic Games of 2024. Again, "everything is not settled", recognizes a senior official.

"The problem is likely to move to other neighborhoods, even to the other side of the ring road", supports a police source.

It is clear that to this day, drug addicts and dealers remain encysted in the north-east of Paris.

And this, despite a reinforced police presence over time.