Eight months after arriving in France, 10-year-old Fatimate from Côte d'Ivoire and her family were about to be deported back to Italy. Thanks to a protest by the girl's school, the deportation has been postponed. But it has not been cancelled.
About 80 people on the street, mainly migrants, were given places in emergency centers and hotels following an action on Saturday by the "collective requisition." These activists, along with homeless people, occupied empty wings of the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris, demanding accommodation.
Cold, hungry, forgotten: 250 migrants have turned a disused Paris office into their temporary home. In recent months, this type of abandoned building has become one of the only solutions for those left on the streets.
Since the beginning of December, the Migrant Solidarity Wilson group has been distributing meals to homeless migrants in Paris. Every Tuesday, outreach workers venture out on motorcycles to reach those who are becoming increasingly isolated in the French capital.
Near the Louvre Museum in Paris, an unusual housing project is underway. Eleven refugees and thirteen French people are spending a year living together as a unique 'family'.
Following the demolition of an informal migrant camp on the Place de la République in central Paris, various NGOs have drawn attention to the fact that migrants are regularly victims of police violence across France. They also say that the use of force in such contexts is futile – especially without a coordinated migrant reception strategy.
A illegal encampment housing some 2,000 asylum-seekers from conflict zones like Somalia and Aghanistan was cleared by police. Migrant advocates worry the camp's inhabitants will end up back on the street.
Paris is keeping around a dozen shower facilities open for people living rough during the October 30 - December 1 coronavirus lockdown. The showers are free of charge, and users only need to bring their own toiletries. The InfoMigrants newsroom has compiled a list of these facilities and their opening hours.
More than 2,000 people live in the make-shift migrant camp in Saint-Denis, on the northern fringe of Paris. After France was ordered into lockdown last week, the already tense climate in the overcrowded camp has become near explosive.
Roughly 300 migrants are camping out under the national highway in the Parisian suburb of Saint-Denis. Nearly every morning police officers order them to get out; and food distribution points keep getting pushed farther away from the heart of the French capital.
More than 200 people have pitched tents in central Paris in a protest to demand better care and facilities for migrants. When police tried to evacuate the camp, the Paris City Hall opened a room to accommodate the protesters.
In just one month, the number of migrants living in the Aubervilliers camp in the Paris region has more than doubled, from 400 in mid-June to around 1,000 in mid-July. While arrivals are expected to continue over the next few weeks, NGOs denounce the failure of the French reception system.