On 23 August 1996, 525 gendarmes, 500 local police officers, and 480 Compagnies républicaines de sécurité officers were mobilised by the government to assault the church, break the occupation, and detain migrants in the centre de rétention de Vincennes.
In August 1996, the government mobilized 525 gendarmes, 500 local police officers, and 480 Compagnies républicaines de sécurité officers to forcefully break into a church occupied by migrants and detain them at the Vincennes detention center.