• The president of the Assembly of France departments on Thursday called for government help to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors (UM) in the Alpes-Maritimes, which creates the "embolism" of local accommodation structures.
  • "The State must assume its responsibilities, financially and by offering an operational response," he argued, supporting the idea of the president of Alpes-Maritimes Charles-Ange Ginésy to transfer to the State the care of "these young people during the period of evaluation of [their] minority".
  • To cope, several hotels but also a gymnasium in Menton were recently requisitioned by the prefecture of Alpes-Maritimes.

He denounces an "explosive situation". The president of the Assembly of France departments on Thursday called for government help to deal with the influx of unaccompanied minors (UM) in the Alpes-Maritimes, which creates the "embolism" of local accommodation structures. "About 2,000" of these young migrants have been welcomed there since the beginning of the year, out of the 5,000 taken care of throughout the country, warned François Sauvadet.

During a meeting organized in the morning with the Ministers of the Interior Gérald Darmanin, Justice Eric Dupond-Moretti and the Secretary of State for Children Charlotte Caubel, he asked for "additional means". "The State must assume its responsibilities, financially and by offering an operational response," he argued, supporting the idea of the president of Alpes-Maritimes Charles-Ange Ginésy to transfer to the State the care of "these young people during the period of evaluation of [their] minority".

"A specific and temporary device"

"This responsibility can no longer be the sole responsibility of the department whose human, logistical and financial resources are diverted from the initial objective of child protection," says the LR boss of the Côte d'Azur community. His proposal, which "caught the attention of ministers", should be proposed to Elisabeth Borne, who could then "validate a specific and temporary device," he said. "Yesterday alone, 48 alleged minors were taken into care. We ask for an emergency solution to lighten the load of the department, "also demanded the deputy Eric Ciotti, president of the finance commission of the community, quoted in a joint statement.



It would be urgent. In the Alpes-Maritimes, "we have exhausted all the capacity of the department. We no longer have a place available, we even resort to hotels, "repeated François Sauvadet. Several tourist establishments have indeed been requisitioned, especially in Biot, near Antibes. The prefect even issued an order on April 18 to allow the occupation of a gymnasium in Menton, on the French-Italian border. It specified that 1,202 MNA had already arrived on the Côte d'Azur since the beginning of the year. Including 110 in a single week.

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