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Sophie Stuber, Phineas Rueckert

Promises made in Paris Olympics run-up broken, say undocumented workers

Between 2023 and 2024, according to official figures, the number of undocumented workers who were regularised dipped by 10 percent [Phineas Rueckert/Al Jazeera]

Names marked with an asterisk have been changed to protect identities.

Paris, France – When Moussa*, an undocumented construction worker, joined a wildcat strike at the building site of Paris’s Adidas Arena in the early hours of October 17, 2023, he was hoping the protest might lead to him getting the papers he needed to travel home to Mali.

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