Thursday, December 14, emergency accommodation professionals are on strike in the metropolis of Lyon, denouncing the lack of places for the homeless. They describe an increasingly “inhumane” work environment. Testimonials.
Subscriber edition, Testimonial
Marie Allenou
Published on December 14, 2023 ·
Printed on December 14, 2023 at 3:31 p.m. ·
5 minutes
Each marauding is a drop too many for Agathe. This social worker is on strike this Thursday in December. The vase has overflowed for far too long. The emergency accommodation system in Rhône is saturated, and she no longer has any solution to offer to the homeless people she meets on the street. A situation which has deteriorated significantly over the past two years and the end of the opening of accommodation places by the State.
“Recently, I saw a 28-day-old baby on the street for the first time,” says Agathe. You have to realize that this is a 28-day-old child, who can’t hold his head up, still wrinkled, not really finished…”
A marauding professional for five years, her work consists of directing homeless and very precarious people towards various systems and helping them access their rights. There are 14,000 of them in the metropolis of Lyon, 50% more than 5 years ago, according to the Collective Accommodation in Danger.
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