Friday, April 29, 2011

In Paris, the Tunisian migrants complain of being a "political issue"

Everything north of Paris, next to the device, where to locate undocumented Tunisia for almost a month is not easy to find. Yet, this small square of the Porte de la Villette is never empty. Thursday, April 28 morning, a few hundred Tunisians attending the broom continuous members of humanitarian organizations, but also journalists and politicians from their encounter.

Standing in an uproar, everyone tries to get the latest information about "those who made themselves nab. Wednesday night, a "fifty" to call the police came at dinner-time migrants. According to the associations, dozens of Tunisians have been taken to the police. A group formed spontaneously around Nabil, who has just been released from the police.

Light eyes, dark complexion, the young man said that "everything happened very quickly: we were served food, andTHE policierssont arrived, shouting. We did not understand, they do not explain, it was all very fear ". With a gesture, he explained that he had to leave his footprints. The young man was released without being able to really explain why: "They gave me a paper, I have to leave the country within seven days." When he finishes his story, the other Tunisian cheer.

The Prefecture of Police announced that a "majority" of these Tunisian "have or will be arrested prefectural deportation. A gesture to show the example, and prevent the arrival of new migrants. A decision that angered the square: "You know, we arrived at the wrong time, you're only toys in politics," insists Amal, 44.

"The problem is that as we are a political issue for us, the future does not exist." They were all conscious of being at the heart of the debate. Smiling, a young man of 17 years says he cut the pictures in the newspapers to send to his mother. Their future is being decided by the highest levels of government: Tuesday, April 26, Nicolas Sarkozy and Silvio Berlusconi met to resolve their differences on immigration control.

"By dint of hearing about these two, it seems that it is like family ... They are equally important in our life anyway!" launching one of the migrants. Lassaad arrived two months ago in Paris, just south of Tunisia near the Libyan border. It took a week and nearly 1500 euros for the capital gain.

At Ventimiglia, he could not take the train. He crossed the border on foot and walked 40 kilometers to reach Nice. Since his arrival in Paris, he sleeps three days a week with a friend of his, in a small apartment near metro Crimea (19th arrondissement). The rest of the time, he sleeps in the Parc de la Villette, a tent, half torn off.

"Not really a traditional Berber tent," he joked. He acknowledged "being exhausted, as most people here." The tension is such that the clashes are frequent. The tone rises easily to the slightest pretext. At noon, an association has been distributing bread, a few sandwiches for the lucky ones.

An hour later, a distribution of clothing that causes a rush. "We ended up fighting for three liners. When you do not respect us, we become like animals ..." said Lassaad, a little apart. At 29, he seems more quiet but "mostly because [he is] sick for a week." With fifty euros for all economies, he prefers to wait associations distribute drugs.

"For that, I too will fight maybe." In six years, is the third time he tries to settle in France. His six brothers and sisters watched from. "They all hope that I succeed, because we may say, France that remains a dream for everyone in Tunisia." The last six months he worked in a five star hotel on the coast: "At the end of my contract, the boss told me there was not enough money to pay me.

It all the time like that. " His visit to Italy, he has kept a few phrases. Almost all his sentences are punctuated with a "mamma mia" tired. Lassaad as they explain all coming to "earn a living, send money in Tunisia." Economic motivations stronger than ever, despite the revolution which brought down jasmine Ben Ali.

For Ayeb, 23, an economics student management, "the real revolution, one that will get us out of misery, it was not until five years". The discussion is the Prediction rife: "Not five years, ten ... We must rebuild the entire economy!" Many claim to have demonstrated against Ben Ali. "We would do the same thing here, but if you take placards, the police will fall on us," resumed the student.

"When Tunisia needs me and my arm, I'll come," resumed Ayeb. Meanwhile, he hoped that "all politicians stop their blabla", and that they "leave alone." From Paris he will have seen that almost square at the moment, "and this is far cry from the guidebooks I had read." Charlotte Chabas

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