Beyond Borders

Beyond Borders: The Paris Olympics: A Games Changer

Paris is promoting a city transformed for the upcoming Olympic Games. A supposedly swimmable Seine River once more, the regeneration of one of Paris’ grittiest suburbs and a redesigned metro system. But French NGOs are denouncing the social cleansing of homeless and migrants across the city in preparation for the big event. We hear from Paris authorities, everyday inhabitants and those voices the authorities, perhaps, would rather not be heard.

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