In desperate need for shelter and shunned by the French government, asylum seekers are living in punishing conditions
Asylum seekers in Paris are struggling to survive freezing, below average temperatures while sleeping in makeshift tents set up on the streets of the French capital, according to reports.
In desperate need for shelter and shunned by the French government, asylum seekers are living in punishing conditions under tarps set up beneath a bridge in the city center of one of Europe's richest capitals.
A demonstration was held in Paris demanding that governments open borders to asylum seekers and protesters were seen holding up 'refugees are welcome' banners.
A similar demonstration that was held in November last year in Paris's Stalingrad Square attracted a crowd of at least 500 who then marched towards the Saint-Lazare train station in a show of support for refugees.
