Planned CADA, Saint-Brevin-les-Pins
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins · National
According to France 24 (May 2023), a project to relocate the town's CADA (asylum-seeker reception centre, operating in the commune for years) drew far-right opposition and death threats. The mayor Yannick Morez's home and cars were destroyed by arson on 22 March 2023; he resigned on 10 May 2023, citing the attack and a lack of State support.
Timeline
First protest against relocating the CADA near a school
According to Public Senat (17 May 2023), the plan to relocate Saint-Brevin's existing CADA to the Pierre Attelee sector next to a primary and nursery school drew its first opposition protest, organised by a local collective on 15 October 2022, amid months of threats against mayor Yannick Morez.
Public Senat →Arson attack on the mayor's home
According to Public Senat (17 May 2023), the home of mayor Yannick Morez was destroyed in an arson attack on 22 March 2023, which he described as a criminal act linked to his support for the asylum-seeker reception centre; the attack was placed under criminal investigation.
Public Senat →Mayor Yannick Morez resigns
According to France 24 (11 May 2023), mayor Yannick Morez announced his resignation in May 2023, citing the arson at his home and a lack of state support; the CADA had originally opened in the seaside town in 2016 following the dismantling of the Calais 'Jungle'.
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Source
France 24 (2023-05-11) · news
Part of France’s Dispositif National d’Accueil (OFII). Figures are described neutrally from the cited source; coordinates marked “approx.” are town/street-level estimates.