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The Organizing Committee for

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the Olympic Games wants the upcoming

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event in late July to be 

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one big celebration, one big family:

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Completely flawless imagery.

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But, not everyone is invited.

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This hotel in a suburb of Orléans
is currently housing 

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the Sudanese refugee Ali Salim.

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He was placed here against his
will and usually lives in Paris.

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There are seven of us here,

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 all refugees.

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Some of us were waiting in Paris 

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for them to renew our paperwork, 

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or give us accommodation – 

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but you have to show up 

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in front of the authorities in person.

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We've been stuck here for a month now.

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This year, the French police have

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been repeatedly mobilized in Paris,

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rounding up thousands of unhoused

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people, forcibly relocating them to

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other cities – as
they did with Ali Salim.

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Aid organizations have criticized

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the authorities for wanting to reduce

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the number of refugees in the
capital ahead of the Olympics.

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We call it social cleansing.

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It’s no proper solution 

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for the people to just be pushed away 

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so we make room for

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the beautiful Paris postcard.

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But the government denies there is
any connection to the Olympic Games.

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We're not given an interview.

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In Orléans, 42-year-old Salim
is only being helped only by

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a private refugee organization.

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He's been in France for over 10 years
and worked in housing construction,

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until he broke both his ankles.

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Now he needs a new residence permit.

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But getting one is only possible in Paris, 

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where he lives.

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Since your papers were stolen,
you've not been able to renew them.

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Now, you're not allowed to work,
and have no right to social housing.

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He can't even go to hospital 

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without papers, and he's in a lot of pain

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because of his broken ankles.

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It's truly inhumane.

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The mayor of Orléans is not
pleased about the Paris transports.

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People are brought here and

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provisionally housed in hotels

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for three weeks.

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Then they’re told to leave –

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but our emergency shelters are overcrowded.

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It's absurd to send people
away from Paris because emergency

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accommodations are overcrowded, when
there are no free places

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 here in the provinces either.

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The situation has
completely overwhelmed the city.

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Here, you see, some migrants
had set up camp under the arcades.

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They started setting one up, but I
don't want any camps here –

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so I had the spot cleared.

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Nobody knows where
they went after that.

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The French government says 
hundreds of evacuees –

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 homeless people and migrants – 

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are being offered
long-term accommodation

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in Orléans, and other cities.

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But aid organizations are critical:

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If you're going to move them from

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Paris to Orléans  for the games, you should

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 at least offer them 

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the support they need.

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Ali Salim will soon have
to move out of the hotel.

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He doesn't know
where to go after that.

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I'm not doing well.

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What can I do now that 

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I have to get out of here?

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A hotel employee
told me today that I have to leave.

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The government doesn't seem
to be paying for me anymore.

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So, do I go back to Paris now?

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Back to a squat in
Paris, or maybe here?

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Ali Salim hasn't been
banned from returning to Paris.

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He is interested in the
games, whether he's

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 in Orléans or the French capital.

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But he's not really in the mood to celebrate –

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 and he's less than

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impressed by the

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organizing committee's 

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picture-perfect commercials.