GaîtélyriqueTheatre has been a jewel in Paris’s glittering cultural scenes since the 19th century. He once hosted Jack Oppenbach’s Operetta and Ballet Lath performances.
However, this season, the most popular drama was created by more than 300 homeless immigrants camping at the venue, sleeping on the floor at night, and the French government to the real houses and others. Requested to provide profits. For example, they are under the age of 18. This is an important bureaucratic hurdle in France. If they are legally recognized as a minor without a companion, they are qualified for housing and other government assistance.
Belville Park Youth Collective, a group of Paris, including immigrants and non -immigrants, organizes occupation. Since 2023, they have performed similar occupations at other unknown venues. The organizer says that their actions have put pressure on city officials to find 800 shelter spots for young people.
However, the municipal government says that there is no space for evacuation centers. And it made a preliminary decision that many of the immigrants were not the age they were. It left many of them in lymbo while many of them were pursuing their appeal in court.
As a United Nations Convention on Children’s Rights, European countries must give immigration minors a special protection, including housing. And the emotions of the anti -immigration help to promote the rise of the far -right parties throughout the continent, so the problem of lying or not proven on birthdays was a flash.
“This is a big problem in Europe,” he said, a sociologist who studied young German immigrants and researcher at the Max Prank Research Institute for Ghetingen’s religious and ethnic diversity research. I said.
In November, in the United Kingdom, Lu Partrow, a member of the parliament and a member of the Nigelherge anti -immigration reform British party I was called In order to re -evaluate the age of “illegal immigrants claiming that it is 16/17”. In Germany, the Flement of the German party in Baden Wurtenberg has shown online concerns in a photo of a man who grewded to infants.
It is not only the far right person who believes that the rules are abused. Last year, Senator Valerie Boyer, a member of the Republican Party, is a conservative, but not the right French party. That said A young immigrant who has been profitable by the government says, “There are too many fake minors who are actually economic immigrants.”
For the past decade, sociologist Dr. Bialas has said that a “huge number” of young immigrants without accompaniment has come to Europe from Africa and the Middle East. “In fact, in Germany, more than half of them have no documents to prove their identity, especially their date of birth,” she said.
In France, young immigrants who have no companions who cannot prove that they are minors, often reach the street.
Mohamed Bar, one of many immigrants occupying Gaite Ryiki, is exactly the trouble. In a recent interview, he said he was sleeping under the bridge before joining other people to occupy the theater. So far, he said he couldn’t convince the French authorities that he was 15 years old. “They asked me for a document,” he said. “I told them only had photos.”
Looking at a young man who traveled from Senegal to France in October, it was virtually impossible to say how old he was.
Like many people, he refused to apply for his benefit, and he is waiting for the court to resolve his appeal -this is a process that may take several months.
Vincent Borgland, the director of the group, was conducted by the land of France, a non -profit organization that interviewed applicants extensively in Paris. Borgland said this process is not accurate science. In many cases, immigrants do not carry official documents or have no age record. At this stage, the city official says that immigrants cannot get about 70 % of minors.
In France, immigrants like Mohamed are called “Ni-Nis”.Ni mineurs, ni majeurs-None of minors nor adults. According to the French Ministry of Justice5,990 companion immigrants were verified in 2014 as minors. The number increased to 19,370 in 2023.
Last year’s provisional data suggests that the number has spread significantly because the European Union has recently paid to North African countries to prevent Africans in the south of Sahara from heading to Europe.
still, investigation Last year, a group of homeless organizations in French found that at least 3,477 young immigrants had no permanent houses and were waiting for authorities to make an official decision. The group said more than 1,000 of them lived on the street.
This month, Marine Hamelette, a French nationalist and a member of the anti -immigrant national rally, was posted. video He says online that it is necessary to strengthen the age of “kicking out scammers”.
“The protection of children is the essential duty of mankind,” she said. “However, policies to welcome minors without a companion must not be misused for immigration channels.”
Hamelett, who did not respond to the interview request, was about 50,000 euros, about $ 52,000 per year, about $ 52,000 per year, a minor without a companion collected under the government wings. Dispute。
Others treat all young immigrants like minors, especially in consideration of the possibility of success, gives them a response to them while waiting for their appeals to pass. I claim that it should be. UNICEF says that 50 % to 80 % of immigrants who appeal to a French judge will eventually be considered minor.
Colentin Bayeur, head of UNICEF’s Advocacy and program category, said that the children were filed in the library in accordance with the principles of the UN Treaty of Children’s children. “We are looking for France to consider the law in order to essentially match the minority status,” he said.
The occupation of Gaite Rilique, which began on December 10, is forced to cancel or relocate programming at theaters, a handy Italian building, about 1 mile from the Louvre Museum, which has been an urban cultural center since 2002. It was done. For a few weeks, the hall is packed mainly from former African colonies, including guinea, Court Jiboir, Mari and Senegal. In the morning, they are lined up for donated breakfast. In the daytime, scrolls a mobile phone surrounded by blankets and poor belongings. In the evening, they will attend an organized meeting.
A hand -character banner extended throughout the facade says, “No minors are not accompanied by the street!” The Google Map is a declaration that the venue was temporarily closed.
“As long as there is no evacuation center for minors,” Mr. Bar said, “The place will be occupied.”
The city hall and the central government are fighting for immigration. Municipal governments have theaters, and in recent years, workshops, indie rock shows, art installations, and other events include other events that reflect the left -handed politics of Paris.
Rare Philoch, Deputy Mayor of Paris, who deals with emergency housing issues, said in an interview that the city had no evacuation centers. She said that the central government on the right should find accommodation for immigration.
Staff of the Central Government’s skills, Paris prefectures, rejected the interview. However, in the statement, they stated that their occupations were “performed by immigrants recognized as adults by the social service of Paris.”
Immigrants have discovered that theater management is an allied country, not an enemy. It is a position with one conservative radio commentator Blame Management that suffers from “Stockholm Syndrome”.
In an interview, General Manager Juliette Donadieu said he was worried that the venue would be financially established if the solution was not available. However, Donadu said that this issue is one of the basic human dignity.
“Did you put these people on the street in the middle of the winter today?” She said.
