Paris evicts thousands of homeless people in ‘clean-up’ operation ahead of Olympics: ‘Hiding misery under the rug’

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Shweta Sharma
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Paris authorities have removed thousands of homeless people from the streets ahead of the Olympic Games in what campaigners have called a “clean-up” drive of those “considered undesirable”.

Authorities have been removing people since April last year for the upcoming games, a report by the collective Le Revers de la Médaille, which represents 90 associations, said.