Several associations and NGOs that support migrants have called for a demonstration this Saturday in Paris so that the hundreds of homeless immigrants in Île-de-France can access accommodation centers dedicated to Ukrainians and which are now "
half empty
“, they wrote this Thursday, July 7.
This "
unjustified and unjustifiable
" situation responds to a "
logic of difference in treatment
" between Ukrainians and the rest of the migrant population on the part of the State, denounced in a joint press release Doctors of the world, Utopia 56 or even Pantin Solidaire .
“Several hundred people are sleeping rough”
These organizations are therefore calling for a march on Saturday at 2.30 p.m. from the reception center for Ukrainians, Porte de Versailles, to the prefecture of the Île-de-France region, responsible for orchestrating the so-called update operations. 'shelter.
"
The accommodation centers dedicated to Ukrainian refugees are half empty
", was indignant with the associative fabric.
“
In the first reception center (...) between 300 and 500 places are left vacant every night.
The State, which has already been asked about this, categorically refuses to accommodate vulnerable people from other countries.
However, at the same time, several hundred people are sleeping rough.
»
"
Added to this are several accommodation structures also open exclusively for Ukrainian refugees at Bercy and Gare de l'Est (in Paris) in particular, which have already been closed by the State, due to the drop in arrivals
" , added the associations.
“
On the contrary, it is essential that these structures be made permanent and that they become accessible to people on the street regardless of their nationality
,” they continued.
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A demonstration to denounce "
the difference in treatment
" between Ukrainian and non-Ukrainian refugees had already been held in early April in Seine-Saint-Denis, where informal camps in particular populated by Afghan nationals have been springing up for several months.
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