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In Fréjus (Var), all the volunteers decided to slam the door of the Restos du cœur. The latter have resigned after refusing to serve people in an irregular situation. An action that is debating in the heart of the city led by David Rachline (RN).
The 15 volunteers from Fréjus decided to pack up after refusing to serve undocumented people. An action that created astonishment among the inhabitants of the city. “I have never seen a refusal and even less intolerance”, explains a resident. According to the team of volunteers, people in an irregular situation have behaved threateningly, which justifies their refusal to serve them. The management of the association decided to give an ultimatum to the volunteers: to continue to help them or to resign. They therefore decided to leave their post.
The mayor of Fréjus supports volunteers
The mayor of Fréjus has decided to take over the case by showing his support for the volunteers. “Yes, I support them because I would like the associative leadership to be more correct with them and that this same hierarchy takes into account the realities on the ground and does not lock itself in an ivory tower in which one has the impression that undocumented migrants do not pose a problem “, loose David Rachline, RN mayor of Fréjus (Var). On the side of the Restos du cœur, it is incomprehension, he had never experienced such a situation since their creation in 1985.
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