Presbytère Saint-Médard (Doulon) squat
Église Saint-Médard de Doulon, eastern Nantes (Doulon district) · Ouest / Sud-Ouest
According to Europe 1 and academic accounts (Cairn.info), migrants squatted the presbytery of the Saint-Médard church in Doulon, Nantes; a "protocole de méthode" was signed between the prefecture, the city of Nantes, a support collective and the diocese to seek housing solutions for asylum seekers, regularised persons and rejected applicants without resorting to immediate eviction.
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Method protocol signed over the presbytery squat
According to squat.net (July 2015), the presbytery of the Saint-Médard church in Doulon, occupied by around 70 migrants since 2014, was the subject of a 'protocole de méthode' signed on 18 July 2015 between the prefecture, the City of Nantes, a support collective and the diocese, aiming to find housing solutions without launching eviction proceedings.
squat.net →Eviction of around fifty migrants
According to Europe 1 (22 November 2016), about fifty migrants, mainly men from East Africa including minors, were evicted on a Tuesday morning from the Saint-Médard de Doulon presbytery they had occupied since August 2014; the city-owned building leased to the diocese was cleared under a court order, with the prefecture citing security and sanitary reasons.
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Europe 1 (2018) · news
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