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How Paris hid its homeless and migrants during the Games

In its desire to "clean" Paris, the French authorities have hidden from the eyes of cameras and tourists more than 160 homeless people and migrants in a gymnasium in the 20th arrondissement of the capital.

Games time: A hundred homeless people have joined the camp set up by the Droit au logement DAL association at Place de la Bastille. (Photo: IMAGO)

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