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Racial profiling by French police violates international human rights law, five French and international groups said in a complaint filed today with the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The 70-page report, “‘Not the France I Imagined’: Housing, Health, and Education for Unaccompanied Migrant Children in Marseille,” finds that Marseille’s child protection authorities are leaving children with health needs on the street without treatment, psychosocial support, or follow-up care. Half of unaccompanied migrant children who face an age assessment in Marseille are denied formal recognition as a child, yet those decisions are overturned for nearly 75 percent of those who file an appeal. Review by the courts can take months or even years, leaving children ineligible for eme...
France’s lawmakers have adopted an immigration bill that may have a devastating impact on the rights of asylum seekers and migrants in France.
More than a month after the Council of State’s ruling recognizing France’s s failure to address the widespread practice of racial profiling, the French government has given no indication that it intends finally to take the problem seriously and adopt measures to end it.
By Bénédicte Jeannerod, France Director at Human Rights Watch, James A. Goldston, Executive Director of Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI), Jean-Claude Samouiller, Chair of Amnesty International France, Céline Amar, Co-Chair of Réseau, égalité, antidiscrimination, justice, interdisciplinaire (Reaji), Issa Coulibaly, Founder and Chair of Pazapas-Belleville and Omer Mas Capitolin, Chair of Maison communautaire pour un développement solidaire (MCDS). More than a month after the Council of