The first convoy is expected in the next few days. Coming by bus from Paris, around fifty homeless people had to find refuge in a disused hotel in Montgermont, north of Rennes. A decision taken by the State which has decided to unclog the capital by creating ten reception “airlocks” in the provinces. In Brittany, however, the subject has been controversial for several days. Several associations thus denounce the fact that the hotel in question has until now received migrants who have been urgently evacuated on the orders of the prefecture. “It’s already very complicated to find places with the 115 but there, everything had to be done quickly. We had people in wheelchairs, families with children, ”explained to us on Thursday a regular in the file.
The place of reception installed in Montgermont should normally be a temporary solution pending the opening of an “airlock” with modular accommodation in Bruz, south of Rennes, at the start of the school year in September. Problem, the land retained, which belongs to the SNCF, turns out to be polluted by hydrocarbons and heavy metals. “Which risks causing health problems and potential poisoning of residents, especially children, since families could be accommodated there”, denounced last week Philippe Salmon, mayor of Bruz.
The prefecture awaits the recommendations of the ARS
Mandated by the State to welcome these homeless people and manage the place, the Aurore association also refuses the chosen land. “As in all its projects, the association has begun a technical investigation of the land proposed by the State in the municipality of Bruz, in order to assess the regulatory and health conditions for its implementation, she indicates in a communicated. However, the association did not pursue the investigation of the project, since the state of pollution detected on the site did not allow the center to be built there within the time allowed. »
Asked about the subject, Matthieu Blet, deputy secretary general of the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine, had indicated last week to wait to “know the recommendations of the Regional Health Agency” to decide. Following this controversy, the association regrets in passing that “the sector operates too often in an emergency, where a long-term approach would allow everyone, associations, elected officials, administrations, local partners, to better coordinate the management and overall support for people. »