Migrants in the Hautes-Alpes -

JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT / AFP

The protest is growing.

In an appeal published on the

Liberation

website

and signed by many personalities, associations helping migrants arriving in the Hautes-Alpes are protesting against the controversial decision of the new mayor (LR) of Briançon to close several of their premises in 'accommodation and logistics, published an appeal signed by many personalities.

This call "so that the Briançonnais remain a territory in solidarity with the exiles" was supported by the bishop of Gap Mgr Xavier Malle, the sociologist Edgar Morin, the former world football champion Lilian Thuram, the mayor of Marseille Michèle Rubirola , the secretary general of the CFDT Laurent Berger, the actors Ariane Ascaride and Philippe Torreton, the navigator Isabelle Autissier, or the collective of the rescue boat in the Mediterranean "Louise Michel" financed by Banksy.

A new migratory route

Since 2016, migrants arriving from Italy have taken the Montgenèvre pass, fleeing too much police pressure near Nice and Ventimiglia.

In Briançon, several associations have been created and have received the support of local authorities.

But the new mayor of Briançon Arnaud Murgia has asked the Refuge solidaire to return the keys to the premises formerly loaned by the Community of municipalities of Briançonnais (CCB) by October 28 and does not wish to renew the provision of a cabin which serves as a technical room for the marauding of Médecins du Monde and All Migrants.

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  • Mobilization

  • Migrants