2024-05-06 01:42:09
France will mobilize 1,900 border guards additional in the Paris airports during the next Olympic Games to be developed in the French capital and, in addition, will reinforce the fight against clandestine taxis.
This Tuesday, April 30, the French Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin said that these troops will allow the opening of “100% of the controls carried out upon arrival and departure” at Paris airports.
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During a press conference at Roissy/Charles de Gaulle airport, the minister also claimed to have intensified the hunt for clandestine taxis found around airports.
“We have had 85% of arrests and additional controls in recent weeks,” the French official said.
For her part, the French Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castéra, declared that the “airport experience” will be “the first and last memory that athletes, the media from around the world and the numerous visitors” who gather in the next Olympic Games.
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In addition to 64 thousand accredited people, the Minister of Sports estimated that “there will be 200 thousand additional visitors every day” at the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and “100 thousand” at Orly airport.
Meanwhile, the president of the ADP group (which manages the airports in Paris), Augustin de Romanet advised visitors not to take a plane on July 26, the day on which the Olympic Games begin with the opening ceremony, which It will take place on the banks of the Seine River.
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