Question 32351 — overseas

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Mr. Sylvain Brial draws the attention of the Minister for Overseas Territories to the situation of civil servants stationed overseas and especially in the Pacific, in Wallis and Futuna. The health crisis has caused a profound change in lifestyles and specifically a significant regression of fundamental freedoms through the territorial blockade. Along with the entire population, these officials paid a high price and the result was very positive since the virus has not been spotted on the islands. It was the freedom to come and go that was singularly limited, since it was impossible to leave the territory. The consequences of such confinement are considerable and, in mainland France, we can fully appreciate the effects of a much broader confinement. As the summer holidays arrive in the Pacific, new demands arise for teachers, nurses, doctors and other agents of the ministries of education or agriculture. On July 30, 2020, after other decrees drastically limiting travel to the mainland, a new prefectural decree indicates that any travel will be subject to the agreement of the hierarchy and that of a commission. It is the very principle of freedom to come and go which is thus called into question. These are the foundations of commitments taken towards its officials by the State who are called into question. It should be made clear that it is in no way a question of calling into question basic health measures such as that of quarantine, but of asking that the freedom to come and go be respected. The populations concerned, civil servants, isolated families, separated couples, parents whose children were unable to accompany, are stuck in conditions of isolation which, as it drags on, becomes inhumane, attacks fundamental freedoms and above all causes regrettable psychological consequences. The deputy indicates to the minister that it is the feeling of abandonment at the end of the world which is developing among these servants of the State. He asks him if he intends to ensure that, in the natural conditions of fighting the virus, the rights of civil servants stationed at Wallis and Futuna be respected.

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