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November 21, 2022
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Ocean Viking before disembarking on November 11, 2022, after being rescued by the European maritime and humanitarian organization “SOS Méditerranée”. VINCENZO CIRCOSTA/AFP

DECRYPTION – The jurisdiction of Toulon has nevertheless put itself in battle order to respond to this unprecedented situation.

After the four migrants who escaped checks for a procedural defect, after the twenty or so minors who disappeared into the wild, it is the judicial system that is overwhelmed by the 234 migrants from theOcean Viking . While the minors on the humanitarian ship were taken care of by child welfare, the 189 adults had, for their part, been placed in a “waiting area” before being interviewed by the Office French Protection for Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra).

However, when a person is placed in a center of this type, they can stay there for four days, after which the procedure obliges them to request an extension of their stay in the waiting area – the maximum period of which is 26 days – from the a liberty and detention judge. The judge then has 24 hours to rule on the request. “The jurisdiction of Toulon was suddenly overwhelmed by around 180 cases. It is a real fiasco, these deadlines not being adapted to such an influx of requests.souffle…

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