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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

Hundreds evicted from France’s biggest squat months before Paris Olympics

French gendarmes stand by as people leave the squat in an abandoned bus company headquarters
French gendarmes stand by as people leave the squat in an abandoned bus company headquarters. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

Police have evicted hundreds of people from the biggest squat in France, in a southern suburb of Paris, prompting fresh accusations from charities that authorities are seeking to clear refugees, asylum seekers and homeless people from the capital area before the Olympics.

The squat, in an abandoned bus company headquarters in Vitry-sur-Seine, had been home to up to 450 people, many of whom had refugee status, legal paperwork and jobs in France, but who could not find proper housing. As they left the building they were encouraged to board buses to other parts of France.

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