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Migrants Storm Paris Pantheon Demanding Residency Papers and Free Housing From French Government

Migrants Storm Paris Pantheon Demanding Residency Papers and Free Housing From French Government
Illegal migrants demonstrate in front of the Pantheon in Paris to ask the French government to give them residency papers on July 12, 2019. Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Venus Upadhayaya
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Hundreds of illegal immigrants stormed the Pantheon in Paris demanding residency papers and free housing from the French government on July 12.

The protesters, mostly from West Africa, entered the Pantheon where many of France’s distinguished are buried and demanded to talk to Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, reported the BBC.
Venus Upadhayaya
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Venus Upadhayaya reports on India, China, and the Global South. Her traditional area of expertise is in Indian and South Asian geopolitics. Community media, sustainable development, and leadership remain her other areas of interest.
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