Obviously, in the argumentation of the French authorities, who have increasingly refused to grant asylum to Chechens in recent years, the tragedy of October 13 will become an additional and convincing argument in favor of their deportation.
The day after the attack by a native of Ingushetia, Mohammed Mogushkov, at the Gambetta-Carnot secondary school, as a result of which a French teacher was killed and two others were seriously injured, the head of the French MFD, Gerald Darmanin, spoke at a press conference about what should be the consequence of the incident tragedy. The Minister of Internal Affairs said that he intends to resume discussions with the Russian authorities on the issue of expelling unwanted immigrants from Russia from the country.
As Mr. Gérald Darmanin noted, he received permission from the head of state to send to the Russian authorities a list of names from the “S List,” which includes persons who pose a threat to the security of the country and may be subject to expulsion from the country.
In “List S,” according to him, no more than sixty such persons appear. Among them there are, of course, natives of Chechnya. “The order that we have followed so far required us to systematically expel such persons due to the fact that they could pose an exceptional danger to us,” reports the BMF television channel.
“It was for this purpose that I went to Russia in 2020 to resume cooperation. True, the European Court of Human Rights disapproved of this, but I continue to insist that such discussions are necessary. However, with the outbreak of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine's cooperation with Russia has been interrupted.
Of the above-mentioned sixty people, about forty “are either already in prison or deprived of their freedom within the framework of certain legal procedures. But the remaining two dozen may now be subject to deportation, if it is possible to agree on this with the Russian authorities,” the Minister of Internal Affairs explained.
Gerald Darmanin also assured: “The President instructed me to resume negotiations on the issue of deporting to Russia those who appear on the “S List” with Russian officials.”
