Le Figaro Nice
Thing promised, thing due.
Last week, during the presentation of her roadmap for the famous “hundred days” set by Emmanuel Macron, the Prime Minister announced the imminent arrival of 150 police and gendarmes in the Alpes-Maritimes in the face of “migratory
pressure in
the department, especially at the Italian border.
Elisabeth Borne kept her word.
The cavalry arrived in Maralpine lands on Wednesday, at the same time as the president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, who came to reaffirm a firm line on immigration and the case of unaccompanied minors.
"No link between the two, let's agree
!"
, evacuates the chief of staff of the prefect, Benoît Uber.
Friday, a little before noon, the right arm of Bernard Gonzalez went in disaster to the Saint-Louis border post, in Menton.
Officially, to sell the arrival of reinforcements to the press and demonstrate their full operational commitment in the field.
“They are even there in a higher proportion than had been announced.
We have two CRS companies plus two mobile gendarmerie squadrons, i.e. 250 police officers deployed to reinforce our workforce in the department
,” he said.
Unofficially, the "
dircab
" was on deck to extinguish the fire lit a few hours earlier by the deputy (RN) of the 4th constituency of the Alpes-Maritimes, Alexandra Masson.
During a duplex with BFM TV at the Saint-Louis post, in the early morning, the parliamentarian was surprised that no French agent was present to guard the border.
"It's hard to believe.
Initially, I went there quietly to discuss
Darmanin's comments on Meloni
, and not to talk about the workforce.
But it is clear that throughout my intervention, which still lasted some time, there was absolutely no one to check.
Cars and vans passed without any being stopped
“, she is surprised with the
Figaro
.
As long as there are no permanent staff, the border will remain a sieve!
Alexandra Masson, deputy (RN) of the Alpes-Maritimes
Once her speech was over, the MP hastened to tweet, photo in support:
“As long as the workforce is not permanently installed, the border will remain a sieve
!”
Alexandra Masson denounces yet another government
“
communication ” operation.
“Are you going to tell me that with 250 additional agents, we are unable to place at least two permanently at all authorized crossing points (PPA)
?
They make fun of us
,” she says.
For Benoît Uber, it is impossible to have
"gendarmes and police everywhere at a given time
" because "
the system is constantly adapting."
This is confirmed by the departmental director of the Border Police (PAF), commissioner Emmanuelle Joubert.
According to her, it would be a question of
“maximizing the use of personnel at strategic points.”
To this end, a “
risk analysis
” is organized twice a week with all the forces involved.
“We analyze the most used vectors, try to find out where and how the smugglers circulate.
For example, for some time we had noticed a drop in the use of heavy goods vehicles.
However, we notice that it is resuming.
We are therefore going to strengthen the control system on these vehicles”,
deciphers Commissioner Joubert.
Four times more migrant landings on Italian coasts since the start of the year
Arguments that do not convince Alexandra Masson.
“In any case, we need an additional permanent company of 60 agents on the PPAs
,” she believes.
A speech that annoys Benoît Uber.
“By nature, mobile forces are... mobile
!
However, the government's desire is to put in place sustainable means, at least as long as the flow on the Italian side is so important.
A way of blaming the authorities of the neighboring country, without really saying so.
The
"
dircab
" assures him:
“There are four times more landings on the Italian coasts since the beginning of the year compared to last year.
This flow can be found here, since 90% of those questioned come from the southern coasts of Italy.
Last week, in Italy, 2900 landings took place.
In about ten days, we will find these people - for the most part - in Ventimiglia and then at home, when they try to cross the border.
»
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If the prefect was not present in person at the Saint-Louis station on Friday morning, it was because he chose to
“stay in action”
.
Shots were fired shortly before 10 a.m. in the sensitive Moulins district of Nice.
Contacted, the representative of the State in the Alpes-Maritimes still gives us a word to support those of his right arm:
“It is easy to caricature a situation with a camera angle, at a given moment.
If I understand correctly, we are being asked to maintain a permanent cordon along the entire border.
Well that's not our tactic.
As at Les Moulins, our priority is to adapt to the opponent.
In this case, it is a question of concentrating the means where we have the most results.
, he decides.
By this summer, a “border force” must also swell the ranks of the border police in the Alpes-Maritimes.
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