INTERVIEW
His first reaction to the deaths of 39 migrants in a truck on Wednesday east of London was fright. Guest of the mid-day newspaper Saturday, Pascal Brice, former director of OFPRA, reviews this event and calls for the controlled opening of borders.
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"This tragedy is the confirmation of the absolute necessity not only to fight against smugglers, who make money on the backs of migrants, but also to build legal access routes to get out of these situations," argues the former director of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons. "Great Britain's border is closed for geographical reasons, but also by choice, and it is in this context that the craziest and riskiest attempts are made. smugglers make money, "he recalls.
Closed borders that "feed the smuggling business"
"We are in such a situation that there are no access roads, and that feeds the smugglers' business, which is why we need to set up legal, organized access routes. with limits, and enforce them because it is the current chaos that causes both deaths, and anxiety in the host country population, "says Pascal Brice. Especially since "we see these movements also because there are needs in the economy [of the host countries] .It is a ubiquitous situation!"