Without solution Friday, management will leave the premises – Liberation
The management of the Gaîté Lyrique, Parisian cultural establishment When you stop since mid-December And the occupation of its premises by young migrants, said this Wednesday, February 26, that it will cease management of the site if the authorities do not find a solution To take care of these teenagers By Friday. « Without intervention by the authorities by Friday, the Gaîté Lyrique SAS and its teams will be forced to leave the building and to suspend the execution of the contracts of the providers in charge of fire safety, safety, hygiene and cleanliness, maintenance, waste collection », said management in a press release.
THE employees,, « Who have repeatedly expressed their full confidence and support for management », made them assert their right of withdrawal on Tuesday, « Evaluating that the situation today constitutes a serious and imminent danger for them, for those who occupy the place and for the building », Add the press release. The Gaîté Lyrique said it had sent a letter Tuesday to the city of Paris, owner of the premises, informing it of its will « To suspend the concession contract which links it to it, from Friday, February 28 », continued the press release.
According to a statement of the establishment carried out last Friday, 446 young people occupy the premises. On December 10, around 200 minor migrants invested the premises of the cultural hall, located in the third arrondissement of Paris. Young exiles, gathered in the « Collectif des Jeunes du Parc de Belleville »ask to be accommodated and their minority is recognized.
The lyrical gaiety also alerts the situation « Explosive » And « unworthy » within the establishment, denouncing « An untenable promiscuity » violence « Growing in severity and frequency ». « For 79 days, employees have assured, on the basis of volunteering, on site guards 24/24, while this is neither their skills or their functions », just like « Welcoming and sheltering of occupants », Recalls the Lyrique gaiety. These employees « Had the shortcomings of the administrative authorities as best as possible by offering emergency aid in the middle of winter », underlines the establishment.
Seized by the city of Paris, the judge in summary proceedings of the administrative court had ordered On February 13, the evacuation within one month. The town hall had then indicated that it would nevertheless not call on the police, claiming to have launched this procedure to force the State, competent in terms of emergency accommodation, to « Take responsibility ».
