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HASNear La Rochelle, Strasbourg, Limoges, Besançon and Hénin-Beaumont, the town of Amiens has determined to ban begging in round twenty streets within the metropolis middle. The mayor (UDI), Brigitte Fouré, signed the anti-begging decree on April 25, however the measure got here into drive on April 1er could. It will final till August 31, Tuesday to Saturday, from 8 a.m. to eight p.m.

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This system is to not everybody's style. At the decision of a number of associations, together with the Amiens Citizen Maraudes and the Coordination of Intermittent and Precarious Workers of Picardie, round 100 demonstrators gathered on the night of Wednesday, May 8, in entrance of the Amiens city corridor, in keeping with data from France Blue Picardy.

Among them, half a dozen homeless individuals, a few of whom, every week after the measure got here into drive, have already been fined. The fundamental fantastic is ready at 38 euros. ” I can not pay ! If I panhandle, it's to eat. Now that we can no longer beg, what do I do to eat? » protested one of them, to France Bleu Picardie. Other homeless people received an increased fine, of up to 138 euros.

Legal motion examined on May 13

Activists and homeless individuals hope to take care of stress in town corridor, whereas a authorized enchantment filed by the associations will likely be examined on Monday May 13 by the Amiens administrative courtroom. All are calling for demonstrations on this date, at 2 p.m.

The concept of ​​such a proposed decree within the metropolis emerged in March, when a number of merchants complained concerning the aggressiveness of sure beggars put in in entrance of their retailers. The textual content justifies this ban on begging by mentioning “disturbances to public order” with “gatherings” requiring “multiple interventions by the police”.


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