Currently, 690 migrants under the age of 18, unaccompanied minors (MNA), would be taken care of in the reception structures of the Alpes-Maritimes department.
Never seen.
“A record figure”, according to the chief of staff of the prefect who indicates to
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to be trying to “bring solidarity between departments” to deal with this influx.
That of the Alpes-Maritimes indeed records "a difficulty of saturation of its reception system", confirms Benoît Huber while 18 young migrants were still awaiting a solution this Monday morning in the premises of the Police at the borders of Menton .
They are taken care of by the child welfare services, under the responsibility of the departments.
8 to 10% minors
The situation would be the consequence of an increase in the number of people who have landed on the Italian coast in recent weeks, including "8 to 10%" of minors, and who then try to cross the border.
On January 9, a man in his thirties, "probably an African migrant", according to the prefecture, was found dead, electrocuted on the roof of a train in Menton, probably to try to escape checks. put in place.
The Roya-Citoyenne association, which regularly denounces "lawlessness" and "exactions" against migrants between Italy and the Alpes-Maritimes, recalled that this death thus brought "to more than 50 the deaths at this border murderer”.
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