“The State and the town hall are completely failing”, considers the deputy François Piquemal
This is the image that marked this last weekend in Toulouse: migrants have been sleeping in tents on the Jules-Guesde alleys since last Friday. Following a court decision, they were expelled from a building belonging to the City which wants to transform the site into a place of reception for mothers in great precariousness. Of the hosting solutions were disadvantaged by the Department to three of them, claimed minors. The others end up on the street.
François Piquemal, NUPES MP for the 4th constituency of Haute-Garonnewhere the expulsion took place, was the invitation of France Bleu Occitanie this Monday while a meeting was held this Monday in the prefecture of Haute-Garonne.
Who is responsible for this situation?
The State and the town hall are completely failing on this issue, especially since the associations which have provided assistance to these young people have been warning about the situation for months. I think there was a total lack of anticipation, on a favorite expelling and leaving this hundred young Toulouse people on the street. Since the decision of the Administrative Court of Toulouse, there has been time to find solutions.
The Department ensures that only three of these migrants are minors, therefore have the right to an accommodation solution. Do you dispute it?
It was the Department that recognized that at the time. Since then, according to the associations, between 80 and 90% of them were recognized by the courts as minors. But I’m going to tell you something: whether you’re a minor or an adult, there’s no one who should be on the street in our country, in a country that has so much wealth, with 3.1 million homes vacant. It is up to the government and the State to allocate resources so that no one sleeps rough.
Jean-Luc Moudenc, the LR mayor of Toulouse, assures that these young migrants refused to find the social workers, refused to submit to the formalities. It’s wrong ?
This is not what the associations say, including Doctor of the World, which is still a serious association, whose actions no one will discredit. You know, no one happily goes camping in the middle of town. I think the assessment and the proposed solutions were not done properly. The copy needs to be reviewed.