The prefecture of Haute-Garonne and the Paris police prefecture would have started steps with the Embassy of Syria in France to expel two people, while diplomatic relations with Damascus have been broken since March 2012.
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Amnesty International, La Cimade and Revivre accuse the French authorities of two “scandalous and illegal attempts in international law” of expulsions to Syria and claim a “clarification” from the government.
In October, the prefecture of Haute-Garonne and the Paris police prefecture began “steps with the Embassy of Syria” in France, “while diplomatic relations between France and Syria have been officially broken since March 2012 “, report organizations in a joint statement released on Friday January 6.
These are “scandalous and illegal procedures in international law”, they are indignant.
“Our organizations ask the government to clarify its position by recalling the prefectures of the international obligations of France, which absolutely prohibit the referral of a person to a country where it risks death, torture and others ill -treatment. “
Even if the two people concerned were finally released by the liberty and detention judge (JLD), the simple fact of having initiated the procedure by placing them in administrative detention centers (CRA), the One in Toulouse and the other at Mesnil-Amelot, in the Paris suburbs, constitutes a violation “with full knowledge of the facts [of the] international and European rules”, insist the NGOs. It is only the refusal of the Syrian embassy to issue a consular pass which, according to them, “allowed to prevent the expulsion requested by the French authorities”.
no evictions Towards Syria, according to the government
“France must loudly proclaim its attachment to the Geneva Convention: France must not place in detention or try to distance any person towards a country in which it would risk being exposed to torture, Inhuman or degrading treatments, and where his life or his freedom would be threatened, “they add.
Questioned by the Agency France-Presse (AFP), the Ministry of the Interior assured that “there is [Vait] no expulsion to Syria”, without commenting on the cases described by these organizations.
“We had never seen this in recent years. It is shocking that in a frantic quest for the execution of OQTF [obligations to leave French territory], the authorities come to break the commitments of France, which Assures that he no longer has diplomatic relations with Syria, “said Manon Fillonneau, head of migration issues for Amnesty International, questioned by AFP. “We would not imagine to expel someone to Ukraine” today, she added.
“There is a little music right now, which says that Syria is increasingly sure,” she continues, recalling that the persecution of people back in Syria after looking for refuge abroad ” is perfectly documented “.
In an interview with the world in November to present his immigration bill which will be presented in January, the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, said he was open to a status of “tolerated residence” For Syrians: “There are people to whom we refuse asylum and to whom we deliver OQTF, but that we cannot expel because they are Syrians or Afghans, and we do not have a diplomatic relationship with Bashar al-Assad or the Taliban, “he said.