December 18 is also International Migrants Day. At the call of militant associations and collectives, a demonstration took place at the Porte de la Chapelle in Paris this Sunday, December 18, 2022. A few weeks before the examination of the immigration bill, the mobilization was particularly political.
They braved the cold to assert their rights in the procession this Sunday, many undocumented workers on strike like Dou El Hadji: “ You know, for more than a year, we’ve been fighting just to regain our rights. And there, we spent a year on strike just to get regularized. »
the asylum-immigration bill plans to regularize undocumented workers in sectors that are struggling to recruit in France. Those who are employees in branches where employment is stable therefore feel even more threatened. “ That the workers are considered as delinquents, that is illegalcontinues the undocumented worker. We tell Darmanin that we are not delinquents, we are workers. »
More than 500 people marched. Among the protesters, some will be directly affected by the bill. Others walked the pavement in solidarity: “I come from a family of refugees. We stand in solidarity with all the refugees. Each time, there are new, even more repressive legislations to restrict the possibility of integrating workers who are on foot. »
The bill will be examined in the first half of 2023.
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