Migrant aid associations report discriminatory treatment
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This argument is used in the debates Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration? and Should we accept immigration?.
This argument is an objection to Around 1 third of refugees from Ukraine who come to France are African, and France does not discriminate against them.
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“In France, this double standard still sticks in the craw of many associations that help exiled people. We're discovering a sudden closeness with the Ukrainian people, our fellow human beings, suddenly as European as we are. It was in particular the farmer from the Roya region, Cédric Herrou, who tried to make his voice heard, recalling his convictions by the courts for coming to the aid of refugees from Eritrea and Sudan (he was finally acquitted by the court of cassation in 2021) - the famous "délit de solidarité.'”
Maëlle Le Corre, “French state racism reveals its true face as it welcomes Ukrainian refugees”, Madmoizelle.com, March 04, 2022.