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Paris Urges State to Trigger Cold-Weather Emergency Plan as Families Sleep Outside

Regional officials say criteria tied to Météo-France alerts are not met.

Overview

  • City leaders demand immediate activation to unlock extra sheltering and requisitions, saying Paris is already housing about 1,400 people across six gyms and eight municipal buildings.
  • The Île-de-France prefecture says it intensified efforts from December 23 and currently keeps roughly 16,900 state-run places open each night in the capital.
  • Officials report that 210 people in families who called the 115 hotline were housed Thursday night and that more than 20 outreach teams operated on Friday.
  • The regional plan remains inactive because Île-de-France has not been placed under Météo-France's 'grand froid' vigilance, though other prefectures have activated it.
  • On-the-ground reporting shows families and children facing freezing nights and turning to NGOs such as Utopia 56 and parish networks for shelter, and Paris's children's advocate supports activation.