Controversy in France over the evacuation of beggars for the Rugby World Cup and the Games

The French government is trying to deal with the controversy caused by evacuation of hundreds of beggars from the capital and its region with a view to this year’s Rugby World Cup and, more importantly, the Games of next year.

The delegate minister for Urban Planning and Housing, Olivier Klein, assured this Wednesday on France Info radio that the Executive is not looking for “the cause of a sporting event to solve a humanitarian problem.”

He admitted that they have asked some French regions to increase their capacity to receive homeless beggars to download to the Paris region, which currently has half of the 200,000 emergency places in the country.

Klein explained that this decision responds to the need for the conditions of these centers, which in Paris are saturated and only the homeless who have voluntarily decided to be removed from Paris.

“They are better served in provincial centers than in the Paris region“said the minister, rejecting criticism from various associations that accused the government of wanting to clean up the city before the Games.

“They are the same ones who pissed me off a few weeks ago for leaving families and children on the streets“, he pointed out.

Klein points out that the quality of care for these families is worse when it is done in a massive way and that it improves with more detailed treatment.

Some associations criticize the Executive for arranging this plan and They considered it “too casual” that he was being rushed as two major sporting events approached which will bring millions of visitors to the country.

The minister himself acknowledged a few weeks ago in the National Assembly that many of the hotels and reception centers that are currently housing people in dangerous situations have requested to stop doing so due to the arrival of many tourists to the city on the occasion of Rugby World. Cup and games.