Viking of the ocean. 44 out of 234 migrants will be expelled from France, says Gerald Darmanin.

At least forty-four of the 234 survivors of the humanitarian ship Ocean Viking that docked in Toulon last week will be deported to their country of origin, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced on Tuesday.

Among those people who, after being fished out of the Mediterranean, were the subject of a diplomatic row between Paris and Rome;44 see each other now» reject their asylum application andas their health will recoverwill allow this, the minister explained during the session of questions to the government, clarifying that the study of the documents is still in progress.

Transfer to “waiting room”

Since disembarking at a military port in southern France, these men have been transferred to the Giens Peninsula Recreation Center on the Hyères Peninsula, which has been transformed into a “waiting roomclosed international, from which they cannot leave.

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) is responsible for the initial assessment of their application to determine whether migrants can be officially admitted to French territory in order to properly apply for asylum.

“People in denial“This post is under shelter”will be updated as soon as their health (…) permitsto their country of origin, the Minister of Internal Affairs emphasized. “Yesterday (Monday) I already (…) contacted my foreign colleagues so that these escorts to the border could be carried out as soon as possible.“He added, hoping that these evictions will be carried out by closing the waiting room.”in twenty days“.

Gerald Darmanin, however, did not specify the nationalities of the persons concerned. 44 of the 234 survivors were identified as minors and “60 may apply for asylum, including Syrians, Sudanese, Eritreans– he said again.

Two-thirds of survivors are to be relocated to eleven other European countries, the home secretary has welcomed.