With Official Housing Scant, French People Open Their Homes to Migrants
A shelter system supported by private individuals highlights the French government’s difficulties managing a backlog of asylum cases.
The Sanogo family arriving to spend the night at a French family’s home in a southeastern suburb of Paris.Credit.Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times
May 17, 2021Updated 11:15 a.m. ET
PARIS Walking home one night several years ago in a suburb of Paris, Raphaël Marre was horrified to see a group of migrants and asylum seekers sleeping on the street outside his home.
Why wasn’t the government housing them? he wondered. After witnessing the same scene for several weeks, he and his wife decided to do it themselves, signing up with a nonprofit that links migrants with people in the Paris region willing to open up their homes for a few nights.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Report of secret dinner parties for the elite sets off outrage in France
7 Apr, 2021 02:59 AM
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Closed restaurants in Paris. Cafes and restaurants have not reopened since the second national lockdown last year. Photo / Andrea Mantovani, The New York Times
Closed restaurants in Paris. Cafes and restaurants have not reopened since the second national lockdown last year. Photo / Andrea Mantovani, The New York Times
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By: Constant Méheut
A television channel said the dinner parties were being held in defiance of coronavirus restrictions. One organiser initially said that government ministers had participated, setting off outrage online.
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Covid-19 News: As U.S. Sees Encouraging News Over All, Northeast Looks Like an Outlier
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Hoping to save the coming tourist season, Europeans are proposing travel certificates. Companies that market learning apps to schools are enjoying a pandemic windfall.
Waiting for the results of coronavirus rapid tests taken in a van this month in New York City.Credit.Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
As Americans celebrate a slowing spread of the coronavirus, including in many former hot spots in the South and Midwest, trends in the Northeast have experts and public officials on edge.