Porte de la Villette, consumers and traffickers have disappeared. But the evacuation did not solve the problem, which has dispersed.
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At the Porte de la Villette, in Paris, we no longer see those we did not want to see. The Square Forceval, occupied for a year by the Crack consumers installed in this corner of the 19 e
é> arrondissement by the prefecture, is only a muddy and deserted space since the evacuation of the camp October 5. The tents located all around the square and their occupants have disappeared.
About twenty days after dismantling, final announced, general relief therefore dominates among residents and the mayors involved, who have noted a significant drop in nuisances. A decrease in particular due to a continuous police presence for two weeks around the Porte de la Villette, where a handful of trucks from the police are stationed. The prefecture has also specified that this “security will be [it] ensured as long as the risk of reconstruction will persist [it]”, which the authorities want to avoid at all costs.
If calm has returned to the neighborhood, all local actors agree that the question is far from being settled. “The prefecture only disperse the problem, blows Thibault Mahiet, resident and member of the Villette Village collective. What changes is that we are no longer the only ones to undergo, so it is more bearable.”
“distress situation”
After the evacuation, many “crackers”, which had notably been warned of dismantling in advance, found themselves wandering in the North Parisian to the Porte de Clignancourt, without a fixed meeting point . Small scenes are born and are quickly defeated. “A good part has dispersed in the various districts. The police are therefore mobilized for a hunt for” crackers “in town, which easily becomes a facies hunt”, regrets Alain Morel, director of the Oppelia association, who accompanies especially consumers to get them out of addiction.
Several of them converged towards the Chapel door, where the Aurore association offers a rest space. “We receive 200 people every day while we welcomed 80 before the evacuation of the Forceval square,” said Léon Gomberoff. According to the director of activity of the association, the dismantling of the camp made the acquisition of Crack more complicated for consumers. In the best of cases, this forced withdrawal could allow certain patients to more easily fit into a care process. Conversely, other profiles continue to wander in the wild and find themselves “in a situation of distress”, which can give rise to unpredictable behaviors.
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