PARIS ¨C Camelia Toldea has packed her family¡¯s suitcases ready for a quick exit from an abandoned building where she and dozens of other Roma live, fearful the squat will be next in a wave of evictions near Paris¡¯ 2024 Olympic Games facilities.
Romanian-born Toldea, her husband and three children are among thousands of migrants, asylum-seekers and Roma caught up in evictions in the north Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis that are aggravating the city¡¯s homelessness problem ahead of the Games.
More than half of the structures being built or renovated for the Summer Games, which start in July, are located in Seine-Saint-Denis, including the under-construction Olympic Village.
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