EUROCEF associates it self with OXFAM France press release entitled ‘For a migration policy of welcome and solidarity’ which we are distributing and sharing on our website.
EUROCEF is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) active within the Council of Europe, particularly within the Conference of NGOs. At the European level, we participate in the work of the Civil Society Committee on migration issues, aiming to evolve migration practices and policies in Europe..
“We, associations, collectives of exiled people, welcoming communities, and unions, express our deep concern regarding the intentions of the Barnier government concerning immigration. Following the saga of the asylum and immigration law, we will oppose any further degradation of the rights of exiled people in France and will continue to advocate for a migration policy of welcome and solidarity.”.
Barely appointed, the Government makes immigration its battle horse and multiplies outrageous and dangerous announcements. The Minister of the Interior has already announced a meeting with the prefects "from the ten departments where there is the most migratory disorder to ask them to expel more and regularize less." We denounce this misleading representation of migration: no, there is no migratory disorder, nor a migratory crisis. We are witnessing a crisis of welcome and solidarity, and a jeopardizing of exiled individuals by policies of restriction and exclusion that successive governments champion. Collectively, we demand the regularization of undocumented individuals, the protection of unaccompanied minors, and the respect for dignity and human rights..
The Minister of the Interior has announced a desire to challenge the State Medical Aid (AME). The health of exiled individuals is once again being instrumentalized to feed into considerations of migration policy. We wish to remind that the AME is a health system, essential for access to care for individuals and that it addresses public health issues. As such, this public policy is decided at the Ministry of Health. We are concerned to see our leaders appropriating the far-right rhetoric based on the pull factor and uncontrolled spending, which has been widely criticized by numerous studies and recent reports. Finally, we alert that about a quarter of AME beneficiaries are minors, and it is intolerable to want to deprive children of access to care..
RNo one will be spared among those who come from exile backgrounds. The government is even considering a new law on asylum and immigration to promote measures that were censored by the Constitutional Council earlier this year. This is happening at a time when we are already witnessing the first dramatic consequences of the law enacted on January 26, 2024. This government has placed itself under the tutelage of the far right and has chosen to make exiled individuals the scapegoat for all ills. Its proposals are part of the intensification of the climate of fear weighing on foreign individuals, and more generally on all people who are victims of racism..
The programme is clear: restrictions on rights, criminalisation of migration and people showing solidarity, repression of exiles and detention at every turn. In his general policy statement to the National Assembly on Tuesday 1 October, the Prime Minister announced that he wanted to ‘fight racism’ and treat immigration with dignity, but he immediately contradicted himself by planning to increase the maximum legal period of detention, to prevent exiles from crossing borders, and by casting suspicion on them. However, at no point does Michel Barnier question the worrying statements made by the Minister of the Interior. We denounce the government's approach, and reiterate our commitment to a state governed by the rule of law that respects people and treats them humanely, not as undesirables..
.We, associations, groups of exiled people, welcoming communities and trade unions, call for an end to this xenophobic and dangerous migratory obsession, and for respect for the rights of every person, regardless of nationality, origin, religion, sexual orientation or gender. We call on everyone to be vigilant and to show solidarity, and to continue to support and take part in actions such as the struggles of undocumented workers for their regularisation. We will remain mobilised against any new blow to respect for the rights and dignity of foreign nationals.
Signatories
- Nationales organisations
Les Amoureux au ban public / Anafé / ANVITA / CCFD-Terre Solidaire / CGT / La Cimade / CNAJEP / CRID / Dom’Asile / Emmaüs / Femmes Egalité / FSU / Gisti / Grdr – Migrations-Citoyenneté-Développement / Humanity Diaspo / J’Accueille / Ligue des Droits de l’Homme / Limbo / Médecins du Monde / MRAP / On Est Prêt / Oxfam / Patrons Solidaires / PLACE Network / Planning Familial / Polaris 14 / Réseau Féministe « Ruptures » / Ripostes, pour une coordination antifasciste/ SAF (Solidarités Asie France) / Singa / Thot / UEE / Union syndicale Solidaires / UniR Universités & Réfugié.e.s / Utopia 56 / Visa – Vigilance et initiatives syndicales antifascistes / Watizat / Weavers
- Local organisations
Association Bretillienne des Familles / Accueil Réfugiés Bruz / L’Auberge des migrants / Bienvenue Fougères / Droit à l’Ecole / Fédération Etorkinekin Diakité / Forum Social des Quartiers – Rennes le Blosne / Groupe accueil et solidarité (GAS) / L’Hirondelle de Martigné-Ferchaud / Intercollectif : Coordination Sans-Papiers 75, CTSP Vitry, CSPM, CSP 17e, CSP 93, Gilets Noirs / L’IOSPE – InterOrga de soutien aux personnes exilées de Rennes / Ligue des Droits de l’Homme – Pays de Rennes / Migrants en Bretagne Romantique – QMS / Pantin Solidaire / Paris d’Exil / Plouër Réfugié-e-s / Réseau Territoires Accueillants 35 / Soutien Migrants Redon / Tous Migrant / Un Toit c’est Un Droit Rennes / VIAMI Val d’lle-Aubigné Accueil Migrants »
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