After the November 2015 Paris attacks, #PorteOuverte offered what to stranded people?

After the November 2015 Paris attacks, #PorteOuverte offered overnight shelter to stranded people.

The hashtag appeared on social media in the hours after the attacks, when public transport was disrupted, streets were restricted, and many people were unable or unwilling to travel home. Parisians used it to signal that they had a spare room, sofa, or other safe place where strangers could stay overnight.

The phrase means “open door,” and its message was practical as well as symbolic: residents were opening their homes to people caught away from home during a crisis. It became one of several widely shared online expressions of solidarity after the attacks.

A common mix-up is to treat #PorteOuverte as an aid-distribution campaign. Its defining offer was accommodation, not food parcels, legal advice, or medical transport. The hashtag trended internationally alongside other expressions of support for Paris.