France's Newest Migrant Housing Case Study
France's Newest Migrant Housing - EuroJournal #1
The current refugee crisis in Europe has displaced millions of people from their homes, each of them trying to escape the violations of human rights occurring in various third-world countries, including but not limited to Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Eritrea. This crisis, while leaving many people in a state of political limbo after leaving their homes, has dropped many displaced persons in mainland Europe, specifically countries like France, where three-hundred refugees have made their homes in a recently abandoned school building. While the building, known as The Lycee Jean Quarre, houses only a few hundred of the millions of refugees from the Middle-East, those who occupy it are excellent representations of the others who have lost their homes. The school itself is relatively clean and livable, though uncomfortable. The three-hundred inhabitants from Sudan, Eritrea, and Afghanistan lay themselves out on mattresses each night, which are distributed in groups of about twenty per room. While life in the schoolhouse isn’t necessarily easy, it should be noted that it is a significant improvement from life on the streets of Paris, where most of the refugees lived only weeks ago.
In light of this, few migrants remain in the shelter for long. Many of the school’s inhabitants leave in light of hope …show more content…
In the case of the three-hundred men, women, and children who currently make their lives within the walls of that French schoolhouse, the French government has been very generous, using its resources to renovate the school into a semi-permanent migrant center and shelter. While the status of the refugees remains in crisis, it is because of governments such as France’s that they will be able to find asylum, and find new lives in faraway
The current refugee crisis in Europe has displaced millions of people from their homes, each of them trying to escape the violations of human rights occurring in various third-world countries, including but not limited to Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Eritrea. This crisis, while leaving many people in a state of political limbo after leaving their homes, has dropped many displaced persons in mainland Europe, specifically countries like France, where three-hundred refugees have made their homes in a recently abandoned school building. While the building, known as The Lycee Jean Quarre, houses only a few hundred of the millions of refugees from the Middle-East, those who occupy it are excellent representations of the others who have lost their homes. The school itself is relatively clean and livable, though uncomfortable. The three-hundred inhabitants from Sudan, Eritrea, and Afghanistan lay themselves out on mattresses each night, which are distributed in groups of about twenty per room. While life in the schoolhouse isn’t necessarily easy, it should be noted that it is a significant improvement from life on the streets of Paris, where most of the refugees lived only weeks ago.
In light of this, few migrants remain in the shelter for long. Many of the school’s inhabitants leave in light of hope …show more content…
In the case of the three-hundred men, women, and children who currently make their lives within the walls of that French schoolhouse, the French government has been very generous, using its resources to renovate the school into a semi-permanent migrant center and shelter. While the status of the refugees remains in crisis, it is because of governments such as France’s that they will be able to find asylum, and find new lives in faraway