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Following the death of 800 migrants in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean in April, France opened its doors to asylum seekers.
Sources say the influx of asylum seekers has put pressure on the housing sector of France.
In a bid to ease the pressure, the French government has announced the construction of 10,500 housing units to meet the population of homeless migrants in the country.
A breakdown of the project shows that 5,000 housing units will be for those who have officially been granted asylum, 4,000 for asylum seekers and 1,500 to illegal immigrants.
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Commenting on the new development, the Managing Director of France Terre d’Asile- a body that protects the rights of asylum seekers, Pierre Henry said “It is a sweeping plan of a type that has never been put into place until now.”