Special correspondent in Callac (Côtes-d'Armor)
"It's a first in France"
, boasts the municipality.
"We don't want to be guinea pigs!"
, the number of citizens are terrified.
In Callac, a peaceful town of 2,200 inhabitants in the Côtes-d'Armor, this Saturday morning promises to be tense.
Around the town hall and its project to welcome refugees, two demonstrations will face each other: a
“unitary and patriotic”
rally against the
“African repopulation of our cities”
and an
“anti-fascist mobilization”
to
““great-replace” the 'extreme right through solidarity'
.
The "Horizon village", of which Callac is the prototype, is an idea of the Merci Endowment Fund, created in 2009 by the Cohen family, former owners of the prestigious children's clothing brand Bonpoint, for humanitarian actions.
Callac (Côtes-d'Armor) Le Figaro
Lack of accurate data
"Convinced that refugees are an opportunity for France"
, they chose the town, among twenty others, to
"prove by example"
:
"Thanks to their talents, these…
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