More than 400 migrants were evacuated from a theater in Paris, where they had been squat for more than three months.
The police allegedly used tear gas at the beginning of the operation, but for the most part, the withdrawal went without any incident, the Reuters said.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told France Inter Radio, “At this stage, it was a matter of doing because the situation was becoming complex, stressful and dangerous.”
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According to reports, the French police arrested more than 46 people in Tuesday’s operation. It was not clear that all 46 were arrested as the arrested, as the police clashed with the workers supporting the squatters during the operation.
People gather against the police eviction of migrants from Gaite Lyrique Theater after more than three months of their occupation in Paris on March 18, 2025. (Reuters/Abdul Sabur)
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The Paris Police Prefect Laurent Nunez said that some were arrested for “rebellion”, while the evacuation operation was underway and others were detained for “administrative investigation” according to Le Monde. Nunez clearly called the migrants of Paris’s Gyte Lyric Theater a danger to the “public order”, the outlet said.
On March 18, 2025, people were standing inside the Gat Lirik Theater during the eviction of migrants from theater after more than three months after their occupation in Paris. (Reuters/Abdul Sabur)
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A banner outside the theater read “400 Danger in Danger, 80 Jobs Under Threat.”
CRS riot police officers entered the GIT Lerik in a Paris demonstration hall occupied by 450 young migrants for three months after a police order to vacate the premises in Paris on March 18, 2025. (Through Ellen Jokard/AFP Getty Image)
The Gite Lyric Theater in Paris was forced to suspend operations in December, when migrants demanded food and shelter a few days after the migrants started event. Gat Lerik clearly slammed the authorities to the situation for his “inaction”, indicating in the report.
