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Food distribution of the Red Cross in the reception center of the village of Carla-Bayle. RFI / David Baché

In Carla-Bayle, a small rural town in the Ariège, there is a center where the French Immigration Office directs asylum seekers. Report on the reception conditions and concerns raised by current debates on immigration.

Monday, October 7, a parliamentary debate on immigration opens in France. It is a will of Emmanuel Macron, which should reproduce each year. The President of the Republic has already stated his willingness to toughen reception conditions, including social benefits, in order to reduce the number of migrants trying to find refuge in France.

Asylum seekers: In Carla-Bayle, a reception center helps 04/10/2019 - by David Baché

  • The reception center for asylum seekers of Carla-Bayle, Ariège, hosts about twenty families: 98 people.
    RFI / David Baché

  • This reception center has existed for more than twenty years, in a village of 800 inhabitants.
    RFI / David Baché

  • More than half of the residents of the reception center are children.
    RFI / David Baché

  • Food distribution of the Red Cross in the center of the village of Carla-Bayle.
    RFI / David Baché

  • Asylum seekers are not the only beneficiaries of the distribution, but they are largely in the majority.
    RFI / David Baché

  • Sarane Kaba and his son Famory are Guineans. They have just been granted refugee status.
    RFI / David Baché

  • On a clear day, asylum seekers from the center of Carla-Bayle can see the Pyrenees.
    RFI / David Baché