Tag: Forceval
Where have the drug addicts of Square Forceval gone?
Square Forceval, at the Porte de La Villette, everything is calm now. Since the evacuation on October 5, a large police force has been put in place. “1,000 police officers…
Forceval evacuated but the aftermath is still not settled
The evacuation took everyone by surprise, or almost since rumors were buzzing around Forceval on Tuesday morning. At 7 a.m. this Wednesday morning, several hundred police officers were deployed to…
The Forceval camp evacuated by the police
This is perhaps the culmination of more than two years of open struggle against crack and its users in Paris. For a long time they wandered Stalingrad Square. Then, they…
Prefect Nuñez promises to close the Forceval site, but without giving a date
Laurent Nuñez intends to clean up Forceval. The square where crack users have been gathered for a year on the northeast edge of the capital “will close”, promised Sunday the…
Crack in Paris: one year after the arrival of drug addicts in Square Forceval, solutions are still awaited
One year to the day since the move, on September 24, 2021, of crack consumers from the Jardins d’Eole (18th) to the square at Porte de la Villette (19th), solutions…
After a year at Forceval, tensions are at their highest
“There is no need to argue over partisan affiliations,” says François Dagnaud, mayor of the 19th arrondissement of Paris to a resident of the Porte de La Villette sector. Claiming…