France resorts to curfews to combat its youth on the streets
Cities like Nîmes, Meyzieu, Villecresnes and small towns implement curfews to curb riots by youth migrant gangs.
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France is experiencing a wave of emergency measures that directly affect young people: More and more municipalities are imposing nightly curfews on minors in response to the alarming rise in youth violence on the streets. Cities such as Nîmes, Meyzieu, Villecresnes, Dourdan, Triel-sur-Seine, among many others, have introduced restrictions that They forbid minors from walking alone in the street at night.. The phenomenon is spreading rapidly, and the social and political debate is becoming increasingly tense.
The curfew, or couvre-feu, which had traditionally been a tool of control in health or emergency contexts, has now become a common response in various French towns and cities. to curb riots, fights between youth gangs and acts of delinquency committed by minors.
In any case, according to a member of the police union at European Conservative, «Young criminals shoot in broad daylight, the curfew won't stop them.» .
Curfews for teenagers
In Nîmes, for example, It is forbidden for under-16s to be on the street between 11 pm and 6 am. In Meyzieu (near Lyon), the measure applies to under-16s until 9 August. In Villecresnes, near Paris, the curfew affects all under-18s, and in Dourdan the restriction will be in place for almost the entire summer. Triel-sur-Seine, also in the Paris region, has adopted similar measures.
Fights, bladed weapons and young people arrested
The authorities justify these measures as response to serious incidents such as violent assaults, robberies, destruction of public property and confrontations between groups of young people armed with knives or baseball bats. In some cases, fights involving dozens of young people have broken out in the dead of night in urban or suburban areas.
The mayors who have decreed the curfews state that the situation “has escaped the usual control of the local police” and that it is necessary “to protect the population and force parents to take responsibility for their children"”.
Migration and crime: a latent debate
Although the curfews do not distinguish by origin, Some political and media sectors link these episodes of violence to young people of immigrant origin or unaccompanied minors.. In cities such as Calais and Marseille, the presence of youth groups linked to illegal networks has generated tensions with the police, including direct confrontations, stone-throwing and nighttime pursuits.
Measures such as curfews generate strong division within French society. For some, they are necessary to restore authority, curb nighttime lawlessness and prevent further violent incidents. For others, They represent a massive criminalisation of youth and a failure of integration and education policies..
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