A Paris theater opens its doors to migrants for an event: they squat in the building!

Since an event in December, the Gaîté Lyrique theater in Paris has been occupied by around 300 migrants, mostly from former West African colonies. The occupation began after a conference on the reception of refugees, when the participants refused to leave the premises. As a result, the theater had to cancel all its performances, losing hundreds of thousands of euros and jeopardizing its economic model based largely on ticket sales.