Undocumented immigrants working in the construction of Olympics facilities for Paris 2024 with no contracts, pay slips or vacations

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An international showcase for major real estate development and construction businesses and the "embodiment of 21st century city planning," as described by the public body in charge of the construction of the sites, the Société de livraison des ouvrages olympiques (Solideo).Among them, Moussa says he has not come across many French people, but mostly West Africans, "Turks, Portuguese or Arabs."Working 'under alias'According to common practices, Moussa is able to work by using the documents of a compatriot who can work legally in France, to whom he pays part of his salary.As for the main contractor, Spie Batignolles, Moussa sees its executives on site on a daily basis without his presence raising any questions.In 2021, he wanted to try his luck again, but he did not get an appointment until the spring of 2023 to file an application at the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture."

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