Roissy airport witnessed clashes during a mobilization against the expulsion to Istanbul of a Kurdish activist under OQTF this Wednesday,
Le Figaro
learned from a police source, confirming information from
Europe 1.
Several members of associations demonstrated to block the convoy, at the premises of the National Removal Unit (Unesi) responsible for transporting the man, outside the airport.
At the same time, another individual - also under OQTF - was repatriated to Turkey. Thinking that it was the Kurdish militant, the opponents jumped on the wrong convoy.
Presence of elected politicians
When the Unesi group wanted to cross the airport in order to access the aerodrome, the group was formed in order to block the expulsion of the individual, relates Julien Adubeiro, regional secretary of the central services of the SGP Police unit, which specifies that the crowd did not realize that it was blocking the wrong convoy. Despite the hustle and bustle, the police managed to force their way through.
However, the group of demonstrators entered the airport, accompanied by elected officials from the Communist Party, further indicates Julien Adubeiro, who reports that the politicians even attacked members of Unesi.
“How is it possible to come here and succeed in regrouping? How can elected politicians add to this?
, the union representative is indignant.
“The politicians who come to take part in this are their responsibility. We are still on attack alert!”
, he recalls, worrying for the safety of his colleagues.
“Sometimes we have individuals under OQTF who have just been released from prison. They are more violent and attack our teams
,” he warns.
During these transfers,
“only three or four members”
of Unesi are mobilized for a single individual, a figure that is too low in terms of the danger represented by certain men who are expelled, Julien Adubeiro still believes.
Information transmitted via a cell phone
If these groupings are made possible, it is by the certain freedom that individuals benefit from under OQTF, the trade unionist further argues. Equipped with a mobile phone, they can contact and inform their loved ones or associations of the precise departure time.
Certain videos relayed on social networks show incredible violence which takes place under the stunned gaze of certain travelers. The images show people attacking airport officers by punching them. Some even grabbed metal barriers from queues to throw them at civilian staff.
The question of airport security also arises in the run-up to the Olympic Games, once again underlines the union representative:
“What will happen if this type of event still takes place in front of children? »
.