Posted on 08/17/2006 7:25:26 PM PDT by blam
French swoop to evict 1,000 at migrant squat
By Colin Randall in Paris
(Filed: 18/08/2006)
Riot police stood by yesterday as an operation began to clear up to 1,000 migrants from a former student hostel that became one of Europe's biggest squats.
A mother and child who were evacuated from the squat
Hundreds of officers sealed off access to the rundown block at Cachan, on the outskirts of Paris. An activist assisting the immigrants said children were crying as the eviction began at 7am.
Many people had barricaded themselves in their rooms in the block, where the so-called "Cachan Thousand" - mainly from former French colonies in Africa - had over the past five years made their homes in a hostel built to house 300 female students.
Squatters are said to be divided between illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and people with permission to stay but unable to find housing. Illegal migrants found at the squat face being deported.
A local official said the place had to be cleared because poor wiring there created fire risks. Last year, about 50 people, mainly immigrants, died in fires at overcrowded accommodation in Paris.
The Left said the eviction was inspired by the immigration crackdown by Nicolas Sarkozy, the interior minister and a presidential contender.
This one line is the key...it is the one that ALL MSM talking heads will dwell on, to "save the children", just as they do in their arguments for the 20 million criminal aliens in the U.S.
If true, kudos to Sarkozy. Perhaps there is one man in France with a backbone, a mind committed to reason, and balanced sentiments.
So, the former oppressed colonists would rather live in the homeland of the oppressor than go home and be free?
aaaahhhhh utopia
The squat??
They had to insert this cliche "for the children" horse shit!
Did you get dewy eyed reading that pathetic piece of Journalism garbage?
Maybe we could write Sarkozy in for Pres??
Did you get dewy eyed..
Nope. Sorry, my give-a-damn's busted.
Slang for "Squatter Housing".
Ping
Hey France, I don't think the black people are your problem, you bastads.lol
Never gonna see the pics of them doing that to AYE-rabs!
Please please prove me wrong France.
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