Evacuation of families in Paris: how to protect migrants in the face of the heatwave?
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The Paris police prefecture evacuated 200 people who had gathered in front of the town hall on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. OLIVIER CORSAN / LE PARISIEN/MAXPPP
On Tuesday, August 12, 200 people were evacuated from the town hall square by the prefecture, citing health risks linked to the heatwave. These families had been staying there for a week due to a lack of space in emergency shelters.
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I subscribeSix-year-old Imrane, with closely shaved hair, is getting annoyed, begging for fast food , and running around in the path of his mother, Souad Harakat. This Tuesday, August 12, around 6 p.m., they are waiting in front of the city hall, bathed in the sun and its 36-degree heat, to be taken in by the Utopia 56 association. Often, when volunteers ask him where he lives, the boy replies: "We sleep in tents, we bang on trash cans to open the house." His mother sighs. "They're going to be shocked by this situation."
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