Phineas Rueckert

In the Shadow of Paris’ Olympic Village, Migrants Are Pushed Into the Cold

The expulsion of the Unibeton squatters falls in line with an aggressive policy — often using mega-events like the Olympics as a catalyst — of urban renewal, which prioritizes development over human lives and disperses vulnerable populations, like migrants and people experiencing homelessness, further from big cities in the interest of “sanitizing” them.