Author(s)
Johanna Baché & Véronique de Geoffroy
Media outlet
Humanitarian Alternatives
Social urgency, local resilience and resistance: when humanitarian players get involved in France (Humanitarian Alternatives), March 2026
27/03/2026
Migration, severe poverty, unequal access to basic services, and health and climate crises are breaking down barriers between social action and humanitarian work in France, to the extent that international non-governmental orga nisations (NGOs) and social workers are increasingly rubbing shoulders in the country. This almost unprecedented convergence is being demanded by some and challenged by others. It is not only raising hopes, but also ethical, strategic and political issues.