The moment the #GiletsNoirs occupied the Pantheon in Paris. ?? pic.twitter.com/Vqfi961N8m
— Belal Awad|بلال عواد (@Baloo1987) July 12, 2019
The #GiletsNoirs strike again in Paris!
"We, immigrants without papers, residents of shelters and of the streets, occupy the Panthéon, the graves of your great citizens…to demand the Prime Minister give papers to all undocumented migrants in France." pic.twitter.com/2ZI3ZC72gc
— Luke Butterly (@lukejbutterly) July 12, 2019
They left after a few hours and several were arrested. They are all from Africa.
Tourists had to be evacuated while they were there. Voltaire and Victor Hugo are among the national heroes buried at the monument.