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Several hundred undocumented workers occupied the Pantheon, in the heart of Paris, Friday, July 12, to demand their regularization and an appointment with the Prime Minister.
On the initiative of Rights Front and Black Gilts, some 700 undocumented migrants and their supporters briefly occupied the Hall of Fame this Friday afternoon. The imposing monument, where the great people of the country are buried, was evacuated in a calm atmosphere and the occupants waited at the back of the building, supervised by the police.
Most of them work or have worked for several years in an irregular situation. This is the case of Omar. " I arrived in France 1999, I was regularized just a month ago. I stayed 20 years without papers. Imagine what it does . If all these workers wait so long, it is because they need pay slips that prove that they are working so that they can be regularized. A ubiquitous situation. " To have payslips, you have to have papers, " says Meryem, who has been working in France for almost eight years.
Because it is rare that the bosses respect their obligation to provide these justifications. " They take advantage of the situation. They do not give payroll or contract for not having to pay Urssaf. They prefer to employ people who are black and undocumented, and thus free them when they do not want them anymore , "says Mohammed, who has been an undocumented worker for nearly 15 years.
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The police charged and fired tear gas canisters to repel the most vehement supporters and migrants. Thirty-seven people were arrested " following identity checks ," police source AFP told AFP. " France is a state of law, in all that implies: respect for the rules that apply to the right to stay, respect for public monuments and the memory they represent ", responded on Twitter Prime Minister Edward Philippe, with whom the protesters wanted an appointment.
All those who entered the # Pantheon were evacuated. France is a state of law, in all that implies: respect for the rules that apply to the right to stay, respect for public monuments and the memory they represent.
Edouard Philippe (@EPhilippePM) July 12, 2019A month ago, the "black vests" had already occupied the headquarters of a company in ĂŽle-de-France to denounce the use of undocumented undocumented employees. In May, they had also occupied a terminal at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport against "Air France's collaboration" in the evictions.