It was the decision of the theatre not to force the migrants out of the building, in coordination with council, which rents the building to the theatre company. The name of the theatre is likely withheld in the article so that no one bothers to look up the reasons for these migrants to remain in the building. The council should help the threatre company and it would seem the theatre company will likely try to raise money for their problems. They wanted to help the migrants, as did the council.

(In my personal view there shoulld be no migrant in any country who doesn't have a job and a place to live, and those without jobs have to go home after 30 days. But in cases where there are generous people who want to house jobless/homeless migrants, that's lovely, if indeeed that leads to jobs and homes for them; otherwise, deportation.)

Here's a normal unbiased report:

A theatre in Paris has said it faces going out of business after hundreds of homeless migrants began to occupy the venue last month, leading to weeks of cancelled performances.

The occupation of Gaîté Lyrique theatre began on 10 December, after the venue, known for presenting politically left-leaning shows, hosted a free conference called “Reinventing the welcome for refugees in France”.

The Times reports that more than 250 African migrants attended the conference to hear talks by academics and senior Red Cross officials, later refusing to leave. Numbers have increased to 300 in the time since.

Gaîté Lyrique said in a statement that it was “unthinkable” for the theatre to “throw these people out onto the street in the middle of winter”.

However, with performances cancelled until 24 January, its loss of income from ticket sales has left it struggling to pay its bills and wages for its 60 employees.

Paris’s Socialist-led council, which owns the building, said it was unable to find other accommodation for the migrants, who all arrived in France claiming to be aged under 18, requesting President Macron’s minority centrist government tackle the issue.

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