Supporting exiled and isolated people in France

Dear Difteur-ses,

Victory! On Monday, May 5, 2025, the Paris police prefect, Laurent Nuñez, was overruled by the Paris administrative court, which ruled in favor of the solidarity associations.

A little flashback to explain the context:

On October 9, 2023, the Paris police prefect issued an order banning food distributions in Paris, in a delimited sector of the 10ᵉ and 19ᵉ arrondissements, from Tuesday, October 10, 2023 to Friday, November 10, 2023 inclusive.

This order was aimed at preventing street people from accessing their only source of food, thereby infringing the freedom to come and go, the freedom of assembly, the principle of human dignity, the international convention on the rights of the child, the right to food and the right to assistance.

We had therefore immediately filed a summary annulment as well as a request for suspension before the Paris Administrative Court.

The aim: to have the decree suspended until a judge could rule on the merits. On Sunday evening, we organized a large food distribution at the foot of the Stalingrad metro station, on the edge of the forbidden zone, with associations, people concerned and supporters, to protest against this abject decision.

This Monday, May 5, 2025, i.e. 1 and a half years after the banning order was issued, the Paris Administrative Court handed down its decision: it purely and simply annulled the order.

The fight goes on.

A big THANK YOU for your support!

Dear difteurs,

The weekend of January 11 and 12 saw the premier festival d'Utopia 56 at the Point Éphémère, in Paris.

Throughout the weekend, there were photo exhibitions, screening-debates, a tombola, as well as tattoo and dental rhinestone stands. Acoustic concerts also punctuated the days.

Two round tables were organized on the following themes:

We were very proud to be able to offer this festive moment, which is an integral part of mobilization in the current context. We've been working on this idea for a long time, and the project has been taking shape over the last few months. ✨

The aim of this event was to raise the general public's awareness of the issue of welcome, by proposing a different gathering space to continue thinking together.

Dear difteurs, 
Utopia 56 publishes, as every year, its annual activity report, summarizing all the activities carried out in our eight antennas and five shelters in 2023.

Find in it all the missions and projects carried out in 2023, as well as the outlook for 2024.
https://utopia56.org/sortie-de-notre-rapport-dactivite-2023/
Many thanks to you for your invaluable support and your many difts!

15 days ago, we celebrated the seventh anniversary of Utopia 56's Touraine branch, at an evening of support!!

Seven years of fighting for and defending the rights of exiled young people, seven years of civic commitment, volunteer work and supportive accommodation.

Over these years, we have sheltered over 1400 young people. 1400 young people whose minority was contested on their arrival in France, to whom the Indre-et-Loire department denied any rights, abandoning them to the streets.

Since 2017, we have been mobilized to palliate the State's failings, support these young people in their administrative appeals, house and educate them, in short, welcome them with the respect and dignity they deserve.