Centre de préparation au retour (CPAR) de Saint-Lys
Saint-Lys, Haute-Garonne, west of Toulouse (former nursing home / EHPAD site) · Ouest / Sud-Ouest
According to ici / France Bleu (30 September 2022), the Haute-Garonne prefecture planned a Centre de préparation au retour (CPAR) of roughly 126 places at Saint-Lys, west of Toulouse, on a former nursing-home site, to temporarily house foreigners who have exhausted their right to stay and opted for voluntary return. The mayor and part of the municipal council opposed it, and the project drew months of controversy and demonstrations.
Timeline
Opposition mobilises against planned return centre
According to IAATA (4 August 2023), opposition to the planned CPAR in the former 'La Joie de Vivre' care home crystallised from autumn 2022, with a mayor-backed protest on 30 September 2022 and a 'Stop CPAR' collective; the article documents racist rhetoric within the mobilisation and noted support voiced by the Reconquete party in February 2023.
IAATA →Prefecture clarifies project after mayor's transparency complaint
According to Le Journal Toulousain (26 June 2023), the ADOMA-run centre for foreign nationals who had exhausted their right to remain was confirmed to open in September 2023 in the former EHPAD building, after mayor Serge Deuilhe complained of a lack of transparency and received clarifications from prefectural officials on 22 June 2023.
Le Journal Toulousain →
Source
ici (ex-France Bleu Occitanie) (2022-09-30) · news
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