GETTY•LATY New 'No-Go Zone' app launched in Paris

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The ‘No-Go Zone’ app allows users to share instances of “aggression, theft, harassment or incivility” at any location in the city, and mark them on a public map. Other app users will then be able to view the entries and incidents, keeping them informed of what is going on around them. The app’s description states: "Whether you are staying in an unknown location, looking for a safe place to live, on your way to a specific location, or for whatever reason, No-Go Zone allows you to reduce any risk of aggression, theft, harassment or incivility.”

The app’s release coincided with an increase in complaints from Parisian women who say they face constant harassment from migrants in certain parts of the city. Women in the east Paris district of Chapelle-Pajol also claim they cannot leave their homes without receiving verbal abuse from migrants and drug dealers who have flooded to the area. Reviews for the app - which has been downloaded at least 5,000 times - are mostly positive, with many users citing it as “essential”.

LATY The app has been downloaded thousands of times already

However, the app reviews also make subtle digs at France’s immigrant population, with one user calling it an “indispensable application for anyone who thinks that the cultural 'enrichment' of non-natives is not compatible with our way of life.” Another wrote: “Given the current degradation, it is better to have this app… Unfortunately.” The French capital saw a surge in migrants over the last 12 months after the notorious Calais Jungle camp was dismantled, leading to makeshift shelters and tents becoming commonplace on the streets of Paris.

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In October 2016, the French government - under then Prime Minister Manuel Valls - denied the existence of no-go zones in the country after visiting an area where a police officer was left in a coma following a Molotov attack. The prime minister’s assertion was rejected by French police unions who said no-go zones do exist and that police, “firefighters and pretty much any representatives of the state” are unable to safely carry out their duties in such areas. In February 2017, a group of French migrant-heavy suburbs in Seine-Saint-Denis, just outside of Paris, including one with past links to violent Islamist extremism, suffered from nights of violence and arson after a resident was reportedly assaulted whilst in police custody.

GETTY Migrant camps have sprung up across Paris