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C. Allain / 20 Minutes

"It's just amazing."

On October 1, a man from Sudan was repatriated to Rennes from Great Britain.

The 27-year-old refugee was the only one on board this charter plane.

"A humanitarian scandal", according to elected environmentalists from Rennes, who also denounce "a very costly operation in terms of carbon footprint and public money".

The 27-year-old man had been intercepted shortly before by British authorities after crossing the Channel in a small boat.

Six days after his return to French soil, the refugee challenged his house arrest on Wednesday in a small town of Ille-et-Vilaine.

This measure of deprivation of liberty aims to prepare the refugee for a return to his country of origin as part of an obligation to leave French territory (OQTF) pronounced against him in 2019. “The French authorities have taken this decision. because they thought he was Chadian.

But Ismail is Sudanese, he claims it from the start, ”assures the lawyer of the young man Me François Tuyaa-Boustug, who deputized for Me Gaëlle Le Strat before the administrative tribunal.

"He's a survivor, a hero"

Supported by the Mrap (Movement against racism and for friendship between peoples), the young man is said to have left Sudan in 2011, when his country is struck by a civil war.

Passed through Chad then Libya, he arrived in Italy before arriving in France, in the hope of obtaining the right of asylum.

“He knew the sidewalks of Paris, the Calais jungle, he crossed the Mediterranean and the English Channel.

He's a survivor, a hero, ”said Carole Bohanne, tireless activist of the Mrap d'Ille-et-Vilaine.

According to her, around 30 refugees were to be on board the charter plane.

Lawyers from across the Channel succeeded in overturning the proceedings for most of the migrants, except one.

"We treat him like a terrorist," annoys the activist.

According to the Channel 4 reporter who was present, the chartered plane had a capacity of about 200 seats.

The English channel estimates the cost of such a trip at 30,000 pounds (33,000 euros).

The charter then left for London, empty.

Asked by Channel 4, the Home office explained that "its efforts to bring back people who entered its soil illegally are very often disrupted by last minute requests."

Requests deemed "unfounded" by the office but which force the authorities to reschedule flights.

The administrative court's decision on the refugee's house arrest has been put under advisement and is expected to be rendered next week.

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