2023-05-25 08:00:00
C’is an interview organized in this month of May that set fire to the powder. After a few exchanges by telephone, the deputy secretary general of the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine, Mathieu Blet, proposed to Philippe Salmont – various left-wing mayor of the municipality of Bruz (35) – to go directly to the field to discuss.
An informal meeting, he believes, except that on site, “there was already the Aurore association, planned for the social support of people, an architect and the builder of mobile homes”, details the elected official. In summary, we are far from a simple first contact. “We found ourselves in a scheme where everything had already been decided, put on the road, resumes Philippe Salmont. We were only asked where the water pipes were for the connection! The method displeased us. »
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in his own commune, the mayor only discovered it at the last moment, when everything was already tied up. Clearly, the administration acted behind his back and presented him with a fait accompli. “If the mayor is no longer patron of his municipality, what is the point”, sighs Marcel, a retired resident in reference to similar situations.READ ALSO Farewell to the former mayor of Saint-Brevin after a “media whirlwind” Because there is an air of deja vu that hangs over this city of 18,000 inhabitants. “It raises questions after what happened in Saint-Brevin, fumes the tenant of the town hall. When I asked the secretary general of the prefecture whether protection for the mayor was envisaged, we were told that afterthe meeting between the mayor of Saint-Brevin, Yannick Morez, and the Prime Minister
, the latter was going to send a letter to all the elected officials. I still don’t know what measures will be taken, I haven’t received anything, but if it’s about defending yourself against extremists by showing a letter, it might be a bit tight! We know that at some point, there can be overflows even if, for the moment, with the migrants that we already welcome, things are going very well. »
A polluted site
In fact, in Bruz, twenty-two accommodations have been made available to asylum seekers. They are managed by associations or the municipal social action center (CCAS). “We are doing our part and we are ready to welcome other people, but the problem is the conditions of this welcome. Because the land in question is still a wasteland, wedged between a railway line and a military building with perimeter walls surmounted by barbed wire. But beyond this repulsive decor, the floors are far from healthy, as revealed by an expert. “A study showed pollution with hydrocarbons and heavy metals throughout the site (the cleaning would take several months and would cost between 4 and 5 million euros).
As there will be families with children, the prefecture was told that there was a risk of poisoning, so there is cause for concern. The latter is ready to review her copy. “We contacted the regional health agency to provide us with recommendations, and to find out if these are compatible with our schedule, namely to install modular units from the start of the new school year next September, explains Mathieu Blet, the Deputy General Secretary. If this is not the case, we are looking for other land. »Agree to accept them; but in dignified conditions, that is to say on another site, and if they are supervised, let us take good care of them!
Marguerite
With his finger on the map, the mayor points to another plot. “It’s a pretty park with trees, much more suitable for welcoming people”, presents this one. Problem, this time it belongs to the army, which would have other projects on it. In the meantime, in town, opinions are divided. We are far, all the same, from the tense climate which had electrified the debates in Callac and, more recently, in Saint-Brevin.READ ALSO
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Annie, for example: “What are we going to do with these people? We keep them for three weeks, then we get another group, then another? They are going to be completely out of phase! “For Marguerite, it is the ground that gets stuck:” Agreed to accept them; but in dignified conditions, that is to say on another site, and if they are supervised, let us take good care of them! “What Inès, who lives next door, is precisely ready to do. “If it is necessary to volunteer to distribute food, I will be there, assures this mother. We do not have to have a priori to have, if nowadays we do not show tolerance and open-mindedness, we will never get out of this narrow society. » Many, starting with the mayor, above all suspect the authorities ofwant to “clean up” the capital before the Olympics
, and to free up hotel places currently occupied by the poorest to offer them to sports enthusiasts. The dates, after all, coincide since the Bruz airlock is “not intended to last beyond the end of 2024, beginning of 2025”, announced the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine…
It will be a temporary structure in which will pass, every three weeks, around fifty homeless people (on a voluntary basis) from the Paris region. After these three weeks, these people will then be distributed to emergency places in the various departments of the region. These same structures must be deployed in around ten regions in France.
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