They gathered in Paris, Marseille, Toulouse and even Nantes. Monday, on the occasion of International Migrants Day, several thousand people marched to call for “resistance” against the immigration bill, discussions of which are to resume this Tuesday morning in the joint committee after an interruption last night .
At the call of collectives of undocumented immigrants and the Solidarity March, several thousand people gathered at Place de la République in Paris behind signs “Darmanin will not rule the roost. » These associative, union activists, undocumented workers and other radical left political leaders began to march at 5 p.m. in a festive atmosphere towards the Place de la Nation, after the police headquarters banned the route initially filed between the Place de l’Opéra and Place de la Concorde, which is close to the National Assembly.
“Who picks up the trash? It’s us ! »
“Our country is not, at the moment, meeting in the National Assembly. He is here as in around sixty cities to demonstrate” against a “racist” bill, denounced Denis Godard, a representative of the Marche des Solidarités, promising to enter into “resistance” if the text was finally adopted.
“I am here because the provisions of this bill are unjust measures,” added Françoise, a 71-year-old retired teacher, in the procession. “Undocumented workers must be regularized,” she said, because “they pay taxes.” “Who picks up the trash? It’s us ! “, chanted other demonstrators for their part, to the sounds of vuvuzelas and djembes.
The fate of the flagship measure of the bill, that concerning the regularization of undocumented workers in so-called “strained” professions, is part, just like the payment of certain social benefits, of the points of disagreement between the government and right-wing and far-right oppositions.