Un toit pour apprendre - RESF
Le Reseau education sans frontieres, ou RESF, est un reseau compose de collectifs, de mouvements associatifs, de mouvements syndicaux, de soutiens politiques et de personnes issues de la societe civile militant contre l eloignement d enfants etrangers scolarises en France, cause par l eloignement de leurs parents etrangers en situation irreguliere.
D apres la legislation française sur les etrangers, un mineur ne peut etre contraint a quitter le territoire. Neanmoins, leurs parents majeurs peuvent etre eloignes s ils sont depourvus de titre de sejour en regle, et peuvent se retrouver par consequent separes de leurs enfants.
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Les actions se deroulent d abord a partir des etablissements scolaires : signatures de petition, rassemblements de parents devant l ecole, greves d enseignants etc. Les rassemblements peuvent aussi avoir lieu dans d autres lieux publics et prendre la forme de depots collectifs de dossiers. Des veilles telephoniques sont en place par arrondissement, ville, en cas de necessite. Des referents peuvent etre presents dans les etablissements scolaires. Des permanences soutiennent et renseignent des familles en situation irreguliere sur leurs droits et les aident a constituer leurs dossiers. Des evenements festifs peuvent etre organises, a l echelle d une ecole ou d'un quartier : gouter « de solidarite », etc.
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Le Reseau, afin de soutenir les enfants etrangers et leurs familles, organise des « parrainages republicains » a travers le pays. Lors de ces evenements, les enfants sont parraines par des personnalites (elus, artistes?) ou des citoyens concernes. Les parrains s 'engagent a aider ces personnes dans leurs demarches. Les membres du Reseau accompagnent frequemment les familles lors de leurs demarches administratives dans les prefectures.
Ils assistent, parfois en nombre, aux audiences du Juge des libertes et de la detention et du Tribunal administratif lorsque des parents ou des jeunes majeurs scolarises ont ete interpelles et envoyes en Centre de Retention Administrative.
A ROOF TO LEARN
The Education Without Borders Network, or RESF, is a network made up of collectives, associations, trade union movements, political supporters and people from civil society campaigning against the removal of foreign children attending school in France, caused by the removal of their foreign parents in an irregular situation.
According to French legislation on foreigners, a minor cannot be forced to leave the territory. Nevertheless, their parents who have reached the age of majority may be removed if they do not have a valid residence permit and may therefore find themselves separated from their children.
The actions take place first of all from the schools: petition signatures, parents rallies in front of the school, teachers strikes etc. Gatherings can also take place in other public places and take the form of collective filings. Telephone monitoring is in place by district, city, in case of need. Referees may be present in schools. There are also hotlines to support and inform families in an irregular situation about their rights and help them to compile their files. Festive events can be organised, on the scale of a school or a neighbourhood: "solidarity" snacks, etc.
The Network, in order to support foreign children and their families, organizes "Republican sponsorships" throughout the country. During these events, children are sponsored by personalities (elected officials, artists...) or concerned citizens. The sponsors undertake to help these people in their endeavours. Members of the Network frequently accompany families during their administrative procedures in the prefectures.
They attend, sometimes in large numbers, the hearings of the Judge of Liberty and Detention and the Administrative Court when parents or young adults attending school have been arrested and sent to the Administrative Detention Centre.