A parade of the Secours Catholique in Toulouse for the most precarious people, notably the homeless, on April 3, 2020. – FRED SCHEIBER / SIPA
Amnesty International, the League for Human Rights or Médecins sans Frontières and 89 other associations or NGOs seized on Thursday seven special rapporteurs from United Nations so that the French government better “includes” the poorest in the management of the coronavirus. Among the United Nations rapporteurs, we find those in charge of poverty issues and
migrants.
“This referral shows that people living on the street, in squats or slums do not fully benefit from the preventive measures Covid-19“Explain the 92 signatory associations, NGOs and collectives, including Amnesty International, the League for Human Rights and Médecins sans Frontières.
By also questioning the special rapporteurs responsible for health, housing or access to food and water, the organizations report the “worrying situation” on these themes in several cities in France “because of the pandemic “.
No asylum request possible, so no access to protection
If these rapporteurs have no coercive power, it is a question for these organizations of “alerting”, so that these “neutral people position themselves on what is happening in France and ask the government to better include all populations” in the measures put in place to combat the coronavirus, such as containment, Sophie Pouget, president of the association Committe for Refugee Relief, explains the call.
In addition to the primary questions of health and food, the organizations also underline “the fact that people in asylum situations are today in the concrete impossibility of filing their request, and therefore of accessing any protection ”.
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