Homeless And Migrants Shunned As Paris Olympics 2024 Nears

PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 17, 2024 : (From L to R) Traore, Mohamed and Konate, a group of Ivory Coast and Guinea Conakry asylum seekers use a fire to warm up next to the tents where they live on the Seine river under the Pont au Change bridge, near Notre-Dame on January 17, 2024 in Paris, France. Insufficient investment in social housing over the last decade has led to a reliance on hotels to house people, as well as squats and camps, leading to evictions near Paris' 2024 Olympic Games facilities. Clearance of squats and camps has aggravated the homeless situation, as well as the capacity for services to provide care to the homeless in the Paris region. Paris authorities said 35 camps were torn down in 2023, compared to 19 in 2022. Aggravating the situation for migrants, the French parliament adopted a law on excluding some migrants from housing and other social services. (Photo by Samuel Aranda/Getty Images)