Posted on April 15, 2025 at 6:07 pm. / Modified April 16, 2025 at 03:50.
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The tone is virulent. Associations and unions asked the press on Tuesday to announce the launch of a petition “for the schooling of children of asylum seekers in the regular school”. The approach responds to the Canton of Geneva’s decision to educate the children of the new Federal Asylum Center (CFA) of the Grand-Saconnex within it, for lack of space in neighboring schools.
Its entry into office is planned in the fall. With 250 places, the CFA will receive candidates for asylum, including minors, and disabled people. Consequently, the schooling of children within the Crispe building. “This device is inhuman. We ask the Council of State and the municipalities to offer, at least, fair education conditions for all children, ”requires before the press Aude Martenot, asylum coordination member. “While its construction has been known for ten years, the Confederation, the State Councilor responsible for the Department of Public Instruction (DIP), its predecessor and the municipality of Grand-Saconnex have done everything to be taken short,” accuses Dario Lopreno, representative of the Sit and SSP unions.
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