Toulouse: the prefecture promises accommodation for occupants of the Saint-Sernin gymnasium
The prefecture of Haute-Garonne is to meet “this week” with associations supporting migrants, which occupy the Saint-Sernin gymnasium in Toulouse. She promises emergency accommodation, pending the study of cases on a case-by-case basis.
Will the situation of migrants who illegally occupy the Saint-Sernin gymnasium in Toulouse since December 3 be unblocked? The Haute-Garonne prefecture gave an early signal on Friday, December 10, announcing in a press release, than ” those currently present in the gymnasium will be able to benefit immediately from emergency accommodation ”. State services “were able to start a careful examination of the administrative and individual situation of each of them”, also indicate the prefecture. Thirty-nine people, including twenty-three children, all in school, occupy the Saint-Sernin gymnasium, place Saint-Sernin, for lack of being able to obtain emergency accommodation. Most of them live on the streets.
The associations keep up the pressure, “no meeting at the prefecture” for the moment
The associations that ensure the occupation of the gymnasium, Right to Housing 31, Education Without Borders Network, the neighboring Human Rights League, the Cercle des or FCPE 31, are maintaining pressure on the prefecture. “The prefecture announces immediate shelter since Friday, and a meeting with associations, But despite our reminders, we have no news, explains a spokesperson for DAL 31. “Despite the good humor of the children, accompanied by that of our activists, despite the incomparable outpouring of citizen generosity, despite the mobilization high school students from Lycée Saint-Sernin and their teachers, the living conditions in this gymnasium are difficult, the lack of privacy remains heavy and the instability of their situation is an immense burden, ”recalls the association.