Several organizations for the defense of exiles called on the executive on Monday March 27 to launch a citizens' convention on immigration, with those devoted to the climate or the end of life as models, to "get out of caricatural visions"
on
a subject "
seen like a problem
.
“
A citizens' convention would allow us to have a space for popular education, accompanied by experts on the migration issue.
And we saw with the climate that what emerged from this type of democratic process was very progressive
”, advanced during a press conference in Paris the initiator of the call, Vanessa Krycève, founder of the Recho association. .
We are not for or against migration, these are facts of society.
Vanessa Krycève, CEO of Recho
The organizations launching the appeal felt that such a convention would "
stop the spiral of successive bills
" on immigration, at a time when the executive postponed consideration of the bill brought by the Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin, the "
twenty-second in thirty years
".
“
We are not for or against global warming
”, just like “
we are not for or against migration, these are facts of society
”, insisted Vanessa Krycève.
"
We must change the method and find another way of approaching
" migration issues, "
starting from the facts, from reality, to relax the eyes and get out of caricatured visions
", supported Laurent Giovannoni, responsible for the subject at Secours Catholic.
Even if the discussions around the government bill have already started, “
it is never too late
” to launch a convention, because “
it has been twenty or thirty years that the debate has been hostage to political instrumentalizations
”, he continued.
“
It is essential that the way of thinking about the presence of foreigners be reappropriated by citizens.
"
We need this debate
", because "
we only talk about immigration as a problem to be solved, so it becomes a problem
", added MEP Damien Carême, who leads Anvita, the association of welcoming towns and territories.
