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Buried alone
by Sarah Elzas
Article published on the 2009-10-04 Latest update 2009-10-12 17:10 TU
Workers at the Thiais cemetery bring an coffin to a tomb
(Photo: Les Morts de la Rue)
Each year hundreds of people die in France alone. Many are homeless. French law gives everyone the right to a free burial, but if there is no one to bury you, it’s just grave diggers lowering a body into the ground. A group of homeless advocates decided to change this and today someone comes to every burial of an unclaimed body in Paris. The idea is that paying respect to the dead humanizes the living.
Homeless funerals in Paris
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