The forceful arrest of a family of illegal immigrants is controversial Highlights -

The forceful arrest of a family of illegal immigrants is controversial Highlights -

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A video showing the arrest Tuesday in Nancy, an Armenian family in an irregular situation triggers the wrath of several associations and the Socialist Party. Suren Babayan, 29, and his wife ASSYA Babayan, 26, in France since 2011, were arrested at 6: 30 pm at the visitor center for asylum seekers from Nancy, and their daughters aged 7 and 7 months . “The police asked the husband to follow freely by promising not to touch the rest of the family. But after they left, a part of the escort remained on site and forced the door to call the wife and children, “said their lawyer, Mr. Jeannot Brigitte. On a video shot by another resident of the reception center are distinguished ASSYA Babayan who howls and struggles when the police seize it by the arms and legs.

The Socialist Party, which s’ said he was “stunned” by the video, said in a statement on Friday in Paris “question including the methods used by law enforcement to take by force a family with two young children.” “Without prejudging the administrative status of this family, we can not treat people that way, especially when their only fault is not having a residence permit,” said the PS. He asked “the government that all light be shed on this matter can only shock.” The Order of Malta France, for its part, claimed “the right to ask questions about the methods” of police officers. The Education Without Borders Network denounced “degrading brutality” and “acts that shock the conscience.”

After being placed in administrative detention in Metz, and two brief hospitalizations of the father who suffered particularly of seizures, the family arrived in Armenia on Wednesday night, said his lawyer. The deportation was carried out under an obligation to leave French territory, issued by the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle August 8, 2013: “It would have been void August 8, 2014, three days after their arrest, “said Mr. Jeannot, who entered the emergency Nancy Administrative Court. At the hearing Thursday afternoon, the representative of the prefecture of Meurthe-et-Moselle said that “the conditions of arrest (were) those persons were kind enough to create” and that “the force used (had) been strictly necessary (and) proportionate “. The decision was taken under advisement

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