“Maybe it’s a good thing after all”blows this 34-year-old Ivorian who does not forget his comrades in the shadows. “You know when you go to a restaurant and your plate is clean, very often it is because an undocumented person has cleaned it.”
Driven underground
“The majority of them work in catering, confirms Gérard Ré of the UD CGT 06. Some are employees, but many in the black, recognizes this trade unionist who considers that “ everything is actually done to push them underground “. Gérard Ré points to the ministerial circulars which define the regularization criteria: “According to the texts, a foreigner who has been in France for more than 7 years and who can justify a job, especially in the most tense sectors of activity, can claim a work receipt.” Except that according to him, “in this department it is never the case” : “It’s very simple, we don’t put up any more regularization files. It’s no use! They all come back to us negative.”
The boss of the CGT Departmental Union affirms, letter in support, having alerted the prefecture on numerous occasions. “I never got an answer”, he laments. For Gérard Ré, there are hundreds of Moussa. “I am not saying that we must regulate them all far from it, he says. But if the rules have been defined, they must be applied.” Especially since the health crisis has worsened their precariousness: ” As many work in the restaurant business, they haven’t had a job since March. They survive as best they can in constant fear of controls. “
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For the CGT, the regularization criteria are not applied
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