Paris to Commence First Refugee Camp In Order to Battle Informal Migration Camps across the City

 Paris: Paris is all set to open its first formal refugee camp ‘to assist the destitute’, as announced by the city-Mayor Anne Hidalgo on Tuesday. Hidalgo also has announced that the city authority is planning to build proper housing for the refugees in order to battle the makeshift shelters built by the refugees across the city.

Reports are that the Paris Police, for last few months, following the escalating Mediterranean migrations, is combating to reduce the new and illegal constructions taking place, which is costing them both money and time. However, this has forced Mayor Hidalgo to ‘admit defeat’ and accounting that the ‘current situation is no longer tenable.’ She also added that her team will open the relocation plan within the next six weeks.

A Socialist Mayor in nature, Hidalgo asserted that Paris has a ‘humane duty’ towards the migrants and refugees: “Paris will not stand idly by while the Mediterranean becomes a refugee graveyard.” Reports are, apart from only providing shelter to the refugees; Paris will offer them facility of a day centre and modular accommodation units to ensure safety and comfort of the shelters simultaneously. 

With growing number of migrants in Paris that have nailed a serious concern for the authorities since last year, has seen the 19^th evacuation operation of refugees since June last year, relocating 6500 migrants to emergency centers.