I have a friend who just told me he was in Paris several months ago (after the camp by Honfleur was taken away) and that now the streets of Paris are loaded with these refugees in tents, etc. Is that true?
Posted by
Fort Wayne, IN, USA
2349 posts
No, it is not true. At least not in October.
Posted by
OP
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
1446 posts
Thank you. I really did not think so. Thanks for the confirmation.
Posted by
Boston, MA, United States
1806 posts
In 10 days, I went all over Paris and only saw 2 tents. But it was just one homeless person occupying each - not refugees - and they were not bothering anyone. If those poor guys have to be sleeping on a street, better to be in a tent than what I have seen on the streets of Boston, NYC, Chicago, San Francisco and many other American cities where a homeless person needs to sleep on top of steam grates or a dirty, wet piece of cardboard. The streets, particularly the ones near major tourist sites, are not "loaded with refugees in tents". Like any major city, Paris has it's problems and certainly won't be sanitized like Disney, but you'll be perfectly fine.
Posted by
Seattle
287 posts
I was there in October and everything was perfectly fine.
Posted by
Florida (previously California)
3991 posts
I was in Paris November and the statement the city is flooded with refugees in tents is not true and I was there in April and it was not true then either. Nor in June.
Posted by
Oregon
650 posts
Not true in July either. What you will see is more armed secuity at sights. They are professional and polite.
Posted by
OP
Santa Rosa, CA, USA
1446 posts
Amazing how such information gets passed around. And, this from a friend!