Detox. What controls are there at national borders?

A few days before the first round of legislative elections, Damien Rieu, candidate of the Reconquest party, wanted to provide proof of the porosity of national borders. The former identity activist took advantage of the night to cross the French border from Italy. Assuring to take the route of migrants, he filmed himself on a small path before arriving in Menton, without no control “. And to conclude that borders are not not guarded “.

Immediately, many of his detractors (here Where here) quipped that the far-right activist had just discovered Schengen. In summary: there is no reason for the candidate to be checked, since the agreements, which bind France and Italy, ensure free movement.

In fact, everyone in this business is in the caricature. If France is indeed part of the Schengen area, it has restored border controls since 2015, due to the terrorist threat, or the Covid. No offense to some mockers, Damien Rieu could well have been controlled.

But the activist pours him into the opposite excess by claiming to have proven the absence of controls. The restoration of border surveillance does not provide for systematic checks. In addition to fixed checks at crossing points such as roads or stations, certain areas are monitored by mobile teams.

The night when the candidate made his happening, the Ministry of the Interior also assures Désintox that ten migrants were arrested in the sector where Damien Rieu was.

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