Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin announced Wednesday that “1,000 police officers” are mobilized to proceed “to the final dismantling of the crack camp in Square Forceval”, in the 19th arrondissement of Paris.
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“We have no announcement regarding additional devices to manage the situation after evacuation”, regretted Wednesday October 5 on franceinfo Marie Debrus, referent to Doctors of the World for the reduction of the risks related to the use of drugs. In Paris, Square Forceval – the camp for crack users in the 19th arrondissement – was evacuated early in the morning by the police.
“We are in favor of the disappearance of scenes open to drug consumption. This was orchestrated by the public authorities and the conditions were really dramatic from a health point of view, with a lot of violence.” The operation of this Wednesday morning “was a police operation so the health and medico-social component was underdeveloped.”
Some of the evacuees will be directed to “operators and will be able to be accommodated. Others will be placed in an administrative detention center. The problem is that there were only some of the people there.” So some “will continue to consume in the street, in building halls, in the metro, in the car park. We need to create rest areas, secure consumption, suitable accommodation.”
Marie Debrus points a “political deadlock. The Minister of Health is absent from the debates, we do not hear him. All announcements made on this camp are made by the prefect or Mr. Darmanin”. Doctors of the World Association “awaiting speeches from François Braun to find out what is happening with the measures adopted in the Social Security financing plan last year”.