The Uni-es collective against disposable immigration (UCIJ-2023), which brings together 400 associations and unions, launched this Monday, April 24 a national mobilization against the government’s migration policy and ” demand the abandonment of Operation “Wuambushu” ” in Mayotte which makes him fear “ violence and violations of the law “. ” We won’t stop » operations against delinquency and slums affirmed at the same time the prefect of Mayotte.
In the 101st French department, the government has initiated a vast operation baptized ” Wuambashu (“recovery” in Mayotte) against delinquency and against illegal immigration. The authorities want to proceed with the “decasing” of unhealthy neighborhoods, often squatted, and the expulsion of foreigners in an irregular situation, mostly from neighboring Comoros. More than 1,800 police and gendarmes are mobilized.
” This “spectacular action” of destruction of slums and mass evictions promised by Gérald Darmanin announces multiple violence and violations of the right », Estimates the UCIJ-2023, which brings together 400 associations and unions, including the League for Human Rights (LDH).
” The mobilization continues to continue to denounce these government projects that stigmatize and criminalize migrants “, declared Cybèle David (Union syndicale Solidaires), during a press conference. The vice-president of the LDH, Marie-Christine Vergiat for her part denounced a “ repressive policy of the government vis-à-vis migrants, “who totally forgets the social question”.
These repressive practices have already shown their failure, social relations are only getting tougher, yet the @governmentFR chooses to strike even harder rather than change the paradigm in the face of this very great despair and we can fear an outbreak of violence.
— LDH France (@LDH_Fr) April 24, 2023
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” Mayotte is an area of lawlessness, almost all legislation in Mayotte is exceptional legislation. This is particularly true in matters of foreigners’ rights, it is also true for rental evictions “, she said. ” Mayotte is an aberrant situation and, there too, we want to settle the situation of social misery through repression and by designating foreigners as scapegoats. It’s perfect to explain the non-investment of the metropolis in this forgotten territory of the Republic “, added the vice-president of the league.
The Right to Housing (DAL) association also called on Sunday to stop the “Wuambushu” operation, which it describes as “ brutal ” and D’ ” anti-poor “.
Preparations were made on Monday in a slum in the town of Koungou in Mayotte, on the eve of the first eviction operation scheduled for Tuesday at 6:00 a.m. local time (3:00 a.m. UT). France plans to dislodge irregular migrants from the slums of Mayotte and deport undocumented migrants, most of whom are Comorians, to Anjouan, the nearest Comorian island located 70 km away.
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(with AFP)