Alerted by a citizen last Monday who suspected the presence of illegal workers on the reconstruction site of the Riu hotel, bought by Sole Resorts, Steven Patrick, 4th vice-president of the COM went to Anse Marcel on Wednesday 24 April.
“I live in Quartier d'Orléans. I saw two buses from the Dutch side, containing a total of sixty people, and I decided to follow them because I suspected they were going to the Riu. It was indeed the case and there were already three buses there, then other buses arrived afterwards. In all, I estimate that I saw between 120 and 150 people arriving who spoke Spanish, ”explains the elected official.
He adds that he tried unsuccessfully to meet with a manager and then asked the prefecture to come and check the site. “No one reacted then as I had said, I came this morning (Thursday April 25) at 6 am and I blocked the entrance with my vehicle. »Continues Steven Patrick who had planned not to move until he got an answer. Daniel Gibbs and Valérie Damaseau joined him on the spot, Cédrik André came "as an activist", and the deputy Claire Javois, who worked for several years at the Riu hotel and closely follows the file of the 172 employees of the hotel currently in partial unemployment.
Steven Patrick demanded verifications from the labor inspectorate and the PAF (border police).
The dam was lifted in the middle of the morning, Steven Patrick being satisfied that each of the parties (State and COM) undertook to carry out the necessary verifications and the construction company to provide supporting documents proving that the people working on the site have indeed the necessary authorizations. If it is the State which issues residence permits, it is, however, for the COM to issue work permits.
The hotel, which is due to open next December, has been under construction since the end of 2018. The PAF, which carries out two checks per week on the reconstruction sites, has already checked at the end of 2018 that of the old Riu and declares that everything was in order. The hotel management does not wish to comment at this time.
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