Question 5368 — housing

Summary

Mr. Pouria Amirshahi alerts the Minister of State and Minister of the Interior to the alarming situation of nearly 250 unaccompanied minors occupying the Gaîté Lyrique in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. Threatened with expulsion without any accommodation solution being offered to them, these young people are left to their own devices and face growing precariousness. This human drama is the symptom of a disengagement of public authorities in the face of an emergency social situation which continues to worsen. Thursday March 13, 2025 marked the 94th day of occupation of the Gaîté Lyrique by these young people appealing for minority recognition. If their minority is recognized, their care will fall to the City of Paris; otherwise, it will be up to the State to act. However, during the procedure, they are left in a legal vacuum: neither minors nor adults. In this regard and to fill this legal void, the Defender of Rights recommended that a presumption of minority be guaranteed to all people declaring themselves unaccompanied minors, so that they can be taken into care by child protection during the appeal. As the one-month deadline set by the court comes to an end, the expulsion can now take place, without any accommodation solution having been offered to them. The city, region and state are pass the buck, abandoning these young people in an untenable administrative and humanitarian limbo. Left to their own devices, they try to survive in increasingly trying conditions: the hot water has been cut off, the air is lacking due to lack of ventilation and the police presence only worsens a daily life already marked by anxiety and uncertainty. At the same time, the Gaîté Lyrique, an emblematic place of creation and sharing, sees its activity paralyzed. Its occupation goes far beyond the scope of a simple news item: it reveals the failures of a system which abandons the most vulnerable. Expelling these young people without offering them an alternative is not only chasing them from a precarious shelter, it is condemning them to wandering and forgetting. The MP then questions the Minister about the measures he intends to take to avoid a brutal expulsion and ensure the shelter of these young people. He also questions him about the actions he plans to allow the reopening of the Gaîté Lyrique and guarantee that it can fully regain its vocation as a cultural place.

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