A big operation has begun to evict up to 1,000 immigrants, who have been occupying a former student hostel in Cachan, on the outskirts of Paris, for over 5 years. The block, which is mainly occupied by undocumented immigrants and homeless people, is one of the biggest squats in Europe.
While hundreds of riot police are trying to 'clear' the place under the pretext of "poor wiring that pose fire risks", many have barricaded themselves in their rooms in an attemp to resist the eviction, which follows a large-scale 'immigration crackdown' by French interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who is also a presidential contender.
Reports from French Indymedias (in French):
http://lille.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=6288
http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=66046
http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=65990
http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=66061
http://nice.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=12620
http://nice.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=12626
http://nice.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=12625
http://marseille.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/6784.php
http://marseille.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/6789.php
Reports from French Indymedias (in French):
http://lille.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=6288 http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=66046 http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=65990 http://paris.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=66061 http://nice.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=12620 http://nice.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=12626 http://nice.indymedia.org/article.php3?id_article=12625 http://marseille.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/6784.php http://marseille.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/6789.php
