Military route between Wauquiez and the capital of Lyon on a center for minors from abroad

“The capital of the Lyonin the mode, completely wrong! “, judge Laurent Wauquiezhead of Les Républicains deputies, in an interview with Progress. The special regional councilor – since he left the presidency of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes – accused on Thursday the environmental president of the city of Lyon, Bruno Bernard, that he “disgusted” the elected officials regarding the creation of a center for young migrants.

The city has chosen to install a center for 70 people until 2026. unaccompanied migrant children (MNA) in Écully, in buildings where Ukrainian refugees have already lived. The mayor (LR) of the city, Sébastien Michel, is against it. “There is no consultation with mayors, and elected officials must be respected, regardless of their political views. It’s called democracy,” he said.

Wauquiez is supposed to “be republican”, according to Bernard

“The mayor of the city needs to regain some composure to respect our region. We are reaching out to him to ask him to rectify the situation,” he continued, adding that “the move is not to open new centers but to better control our – migration”.

Bruno Bernard responds that on the subject of “how difficult it is for the department to welcome and evaluate unaccompanied minors”, Laurent Wauquiez “is supposed to be a Republican and he blames us. […] to apply the law intelligently. The president of the city explains the choice of Ecully because it is a center that “belongs to us, where costs are reduced, rather than leaving these young people, apparently, in the hotel, at great expense to us”.

Bruno Bernard “available” to talk to the government

The delay of “three months in the installation” of the center represents “already 500,000 euros of lost public money”, he says. “While the State, the government and friends of Laurent Wauquiez want us to make savings, they are forcing us to make additional costs,” he said.

“On these complicated subjects, I am available to speak with the current government and the new speaker Laurent Wauquiez to find solutions for the reception of these migrants,” said the president of the capital of Lyon.

“Immigration is not a taboo topic, we can talk about anything, but we have to do it seriously, without invective, and find the common interest,” he concludes.