The government promised housing elsewhere. We followed the buses and found a desperate situation.

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The government denies that the busing is connected to the Olympics. But we obtained an email, which was first reported by the newspaper L’Équipe, in which a government housing official said the goal was to “identify people on the street in sites near Olympic venues” and move them before the Games.

  • Dudewitbow@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    4 months ago

    basically all hosts of olympic games try to sanitize the tourist experience when they win the bid. for non homeless actions for example, grauvre magazines were removed from convenience stores magazine racks for the tokyo games.