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Phineas Rueckert

Phineas Rueckert

Phineas Rueckert is an investigative journalist based in Paris. His work on topics including press freedom, migration and urbanism has appeared in The Guardian, Vice, Jacobin, Atlas Obscura and Next City.

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

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.

Phineas Rueckert