'France Does Not Belong to the French': Hundreds of Illegal Immigrants Storm French Airport
Illegal immigrants shut down one terminal of France’s Charles de Gaulle Airport on Sunday in a massive protest.
Video and photos shared on social media show what was estimated to be 400 to 500 migrants and their supporters facing off against about a dozen police officers in riot gear.
#Breaking: Just in – Reports that undocumented immigrants are protesting in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in #Paris right now and won’t let people board their flights until they meet and talk with with the prime minister Édouard Philippe of #France, Riot CRS police on the scene. pic.twitter.com/fextoWCs6S
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis ❁ (@sotiridi) May 19, 2019
#Update: Just in – Reports that around up to 400 undocumented immigrants from Africa are occupying terminal 2, of the Charles de Gaulle Airport in #Paris. and demand prime minister Édouard Philippe, will give all of them permanent legal status and papers to stay in #France. pic.twitter.com/HgVof1JIot
— Sotiri Dimpinoudis ❁ (@sotiridi) May 19, 2019
“France does not belong to the French! Everyone has a right to be here!” one person could be heard yelling into a loudspeaker, the New York Post reported.
The protest was organized by the migrant support group La Chapelle Debout, which said its members call themselves “Black Vests.”
“Documents, housing & freedom of movement for all!”
Yesterday around 500 people of occupied part of Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris calling on @AirFranceFR “end any financial, logistical or political participation in deportations.” @chapelledebout pic.twitter.com/5NnkAa3gyi
— Stefan Simanowitz (@StefSimanowitz) May 20, 2019
In a statement issued in conjunction with the protest, the group asked to meet with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe to talk about France’s policy on asylum.
Protesters also demanded a meeting with the leaders of Air France and called upon the airline to “stop any financial, material, logistical or political participation in deportations.”
Local news outlet Le Parisien reported an Air France delegation did meet with the group, according to the Daily Mail.
The protest was received as a possible sign of things to come in America by many observers.
France is failing. President Trump is fighting fierce Democrat opposition to prevent the same disaster from establishing itself in the US.
WATCH: Parisian Airport Stormed by Migrants in Protest of Deportations – Big League Politics https://t.co/rqCAr1txDy
— Clive (@RedHotCoach) May 20, 2019
Migrants in France protest: “France does not belong to the French!!” https://t.co/w4VFmgvNqM
Similar coming to America courtesy of Democrats.#CA15 #maga @realDonaldTrump #BuildTheWall
— JC (@Ranklediff) May 20, 2019
“France does not belong to the French! Everyone has a right to be here!” one person can be heard yelling into a loudspeaker.
Protest organized by migrant support group “La Chapelle Debout”, said members call themselves “Black Vests.”
France is a Mess !!https://t.co/kO4ALJz9AD
— KAreYouSerious (@KAreYouSerious) May 20, 2019
The protesters were heard calling for Phillippe to grant them permanent legal status and issue them the official papers that would allow them to remain in France, the Daily Mail reported. The report said most of the protesters were from Africa.
“It is not by chance that we find ourselves in this place,” the group said in its statement. The airport is near Le Mesnil-Amelot, which houses an administrative detention center for illegal immigrants.
One protester said the event would be duplicated in the future with other targets.
“We have targeted Air France, and other actions will follow,” he said.
Although Terminal Two of the airport was closed by the protests, Aeroports de Paris, operator of the airport, said no flights were affected.
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