According to the document presented by the Defender of Rights, the lack of recognition of the caravan as full-fledged housing would be at the source of discrimination in many areas.
Le Monde with AFP
Travelers are victims of “systemic discrimination”, alerts the rights defender, Claire Hedon, in A report published Wednesday, October 6 , which makes a series of seventeen recommendations to fight against “permanent” discrimination in housing, access to education or health.
“Sufficiency in equipment and access to drinking water, the remoteness of public services and in particular schools, as well as exposure to environmental risks aggravate the situation,” says the Defender of Rights In this document called “” Travelers “: raise the obstacles to rights”.
According to this report, the lack of recognition of the caravan as a full-fledged housing would be at the source of discrimination in many areas: the domiciliation, the place of taxation, the opening of a right to aid To Housing (APL), access to credits and insurance, protection against the suspension of fluids and water in winter period or the right of child care.
“Refusal of illegal enrollment”
Claire Hedon notes that “the quantitative and qualitative hospitality objectives provided for by the law of 5 July 2000 are still not achieved, which exposes travelers to frequent evictions”. These travel conditions of travel people “affect fundamental right to adequate housing,” she alerts.
Claire Hedon also denounces “refusal of illegal schooling” from certain local authorities and recalls that the latter must “cease to use the administrative disputes which oppose them to families remaining on occupied lands illicitly to curb, prevent or even Prohibit children’s access to school “.
Finally, with regard to the minimal number of appeal, the defender enjoins the travelers and the associations concerned more seize it to assert their rights.