Tensions in Lausanne –Illegal gypsy camp: “I refuse to go into discussion”
The municipal security municipal, Pierre-Antoine Hildbrand, reaffirms his firmness in the face of this new occupation of Gypsies in La Bourdonnette.
Posted today at 3:21 p.m.
Travelers have gathered in the same P+R car park occupied by nearly 100 caravans in 2023.
Antonoff
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- The Lausanne authorities note the arrival of 21 caravans in the parking lot P+R.
- Municipal police were deployed on Tuesday with his canine brigade.
- Municipal Pierre-Antoine Hildbrand categorically refuses any negotiation with the occupants.
- The current occupation recalls the massive installation of 100 caravans in 2023.
The camp Travelers at La Bourdonnette at Lausanne enlarged. And he moved somewhat. While the city officially announced fourteen caravans in one of the P+R parking lots in the area this Monday, Tuesday, their number had increased to 21 caravans on another. Always without any authorization.
Tuesday morning, the municipal police officers moved in number on the site, including members of the canine brigade. “The canine brigade was present in the same way as the other police officers, as part of the delivery of evacuation order notifications,” says Alexia Hagenlocher, communications officer for the Lausanne police. She specifies that this operation did not lead to any arrest.
No signed agreement
Has an agreement went with traveling people? “No agreement has been made or discussed. I refuse to go into discussion with people who install illegally, ”says Pierre-Antoine Hildbrand, municipal from Lausanne of security. A criminal complaint for violation of domicile has been filed. He adds that criminal procedures are underway, both for the first to arrive and for the following. “We are expecting justice decisions for the rest.”
At La Bourdonnette, the story seems to be repeated. We remember that in March 2023, nearly 450 people distributed in a hundred caravans had settled in the parking lot of La Bourdonnette. They were finally left until the following September. The 21 new caravans have just gathered there, after occupying another nearby P+R car park when they arrived last Friday.
Recall that Lausanne is home to a second illegal camp of Travelers. It is located in the Rama parking lot in Montheron. Again, a criminal complaint was filed by the city.
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Laurent Antonoff is a journalist at the Vaud section since 1990. After having covered the Northern Vaud regions and the Riviera, he joined the Lausanne editorial staff at the turn of the millennium. A novelist in his spare time, he was a winner of the Local Journalism Prize at Berner Zeitung in 1998.More info
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