Call to
the regularization
of all sans-papiers in Europe
1st meeting of the French signatories or
interested organizations
(29 october 2002 in Gisti)
Were present :
Act-Up Paris (Julien Devemy, Isabelle Saint-Saëns), Attac (Pierre Tartakowsky), Cedetim (Gilles Lemaire), Droits Devant !! (Jean-Claude Amara, Zahir Benbara,
Solange Odiet, Patrick Watkins), Fédération anarchiste (Christophe Danis), FASTI (Moncef El Bahri), Femmes de la terre (Lucie Brocard), GISTI (Jean-Pierre Alaux, Emmanuel
Blanchard, Violaine Carrère, Nathalie Ferré, Marc Fromentin,
Antoine Math, Constantinos Papantoniou), LDH (Malik Salemkour), Migrants contre le Sida (Reda Sadki, Samia), SNPM (Dominique Gazan)
After a starting, in mid-September, by 16 organizations, the call adds up this day 120 signatures. One has noted nevertheless a rate decreasing of signatures for two weeks.
A round table makes it possible to give a progress
report on the diffusion of the call by all and sundry.
LDH, FIDH et
collectif Romeurope are ready to
sign the call with the regularization of all sans-papiers in Europe if this last is reduced of the three first
paragraphs. These paragraphs
relating to only France, they are useless for the signatories of others
European countries. As this suppression does not withdraw any explanation or
claim of the call itself, the request for these organizations is accepted.
The very small proportion of trade-union signatures is noted (except Italy). For example, the text was signed by none of the great French trade-union confederations. The proposal of a text explaining to the trade unions the reasons of the call is accepted. This text available in mid-November could be used by all making known the call with the trade-union power stations. Contacts with the trade-unions, in all Europe, will be essential.
The
participants meet on the fact that the political parties can support the call,
but that they cannot have voting rights on any point relating to the direction
of the campaign. Only associations, trade unions and collectives of sans-papiers can decide the actions of the call.
All the participants agree on he importance to be present and to present the call at this gathering.
Will
go to Florence : ACT-UP Paris (Julien Devemy, Isabelle Saint-Saens), CEDETIM ( ?), DROIT
DEVANT (Jean-Claude
Amara, Patrick
Watkins ), FASTI
( ?) et GISTI (Jean-Pierre Alaux, Emmanuel Blanchard, Claire
Rodier) seront présents
To
present the call ? The participants agree on the need for making printings
of the call. We decide of a printing in French and English. Each national
collective should make printings in its language (recall: the translations are
available on the internet).
November
7 in the morning will intervene in conference of the FSE the spokeswoman of the
European coordination of sans-papiers.
A meeting will take place on October 6 in the morning to meet her as well as
some of the signatories of the NoBorder text. One will need for it representatives of the organizations
signatories of the call, not only of the French organizations. If your
organization is interested, contact on of the representatives quoted above.
Conferences, seminars and workshops will take place in the FSE and the "FSE off". It is necessary to be present at the maximum of meetings where the immigration will be discussed to be able to make the call’s claims be heard , and the reasons of our claims.
Droits
Devant !! will send at the end
of this week a letter to the President of the Republic and to the head of the
French government to ask them to organize General States of Immigration.
The participants think that the idea of General States is interesting. But other ways can be imagined to organize them. A working group will take place on November the 15th to think about it. This group will discuss in particular on the organization of these General States by the signatories of the call, and also on the call which annonces it.
One
says also that it’s absolutely necessary to place oneself at the European
level. We should not take the risk to get stuck in an only french debate. This
text should talk about Europe, and the same initiative must take place in all
European countries. Each "national collective" should adapt the text
in order for it to be in adequacy with the context of its country.
A
proposal of the European Greens, to help us to organize one day in Brussels,
could be used to us, as framework to organize a large European gathering : A
European general States of associations and trade unions.
The
participants meet on the following calendar :
-French
General States in the current of 2003 and before the next FSE which will take
place in Paris/Saint-Denis in November 2003 ; the participants wich that the
greatest possible number of European countries act in the same way ;
-
Preparation of European general states in the European Parliament in Brussels
in spring 2003 ;
-
European General States within the framework of the FSE of Paris/Saint Denis
(Nov. 2003).
A
working group is formed to work on :
-
the inter-associative text ;
- the
organisation of the French General
States ;
- the
proposal of the European greens for Brussels.
The
first meeting of this working group (first registered : Act’Up, Cedetim, Droits
Devant !!, Fasti, Gisti) is programmed on Friday November 15, 2002, 12 AM
in the buildings of Droits Devant !! .
A
mailing list of the French signatories will be created for a better circulation
of information.
Another
might be created between the working groups of the different countries.
The
eight translations of the call, currently downloadable on the site of the Gisti
- http://www.gisti.org/dossiers/sans-papiers/index.html - will be placed on a site with an URL independent of
any organization (on the free domain eu.org). The URL of this site will be then
widely spread among the European signatories.
Working group : Friday
15 november 2002, 12h, in Droits
Devant !!, 44 rue Montcalm 75018
Paris (01 42 58 82 82)
2nd french meeting : Tuesday 26 november, 18h30, in Gisti, 3 villa Marcès 75011 Paris (01 43 14 84 87 ou
89)