Twelve homeless people were found dead since December 9, most often the victims of the cold wave, announces the Collective "The dead in the street".
Added to two deaths of people who do not live in the street but one in a trailer, where she died of cold, and the other in a dwelling that "squatting" and burned, says the association dedicated to the housing problem.
"In periods of cold, it speaks more of these deaths. But every year, day after day, living on the street killing. The emergency centers open in very cold weather does not meet the requirements of stability, duration, security and privacy needed by people living on the street, "she wrote in a statement.
The group reported such a man of 37 years, well known associations and residents, died December 11 in Vannes (Morbihan) in public toilets opposite the station.
It also mentions the death of a homeless man named Moussa, 60 years approximately, and French veteran, died December 12, 2009 at Nanterre. "He would not go to the big shelter nearby and would rather take refuge in a small corner out of sight", explains the collective.
This group had documented 360 deaths of homeless people in 2008 and said that deaths occur every year, even when not cold.
Emmaus The association estimates that more than three million the number of inadequately housed and the 100,000 homeless in France.