Publisher/s
The Guardian
Author/s
Kim Willsher
Gendarmes oversee the evacuation of people from France's biggest squat, in a disused factory in the southern Paris suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine, on 17 April. Photograph: Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of homeless people have been removed from Paris and the surrounding area as part of a “clean-up” operation ahead of the Olympic Games, campaigners say.

Those moved on include asylum seekers, as well as families and children already in a precarious and vulnerable situation, the collective Le Revers de la Médaille, which represents 90 associations, said in a report released on Monday.

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