Militant/Nat London

Some 10,000 undocumented workers and supporters demonstrated in Paris, Lyon, and other cities in France September 7 calling for the government to grant legal papers to all immigrants in the country. Participants in the Paris mobilization included garment workers from China, Vietnam, and Laos, a large number of them women, along with immigrant workers from a number of countries in Africa. The banner above, written in French, Turkish, Chinese, and Arabic, reads, "Collective of the undocumented of Paris." In several cities immigrant workers have occupied churches and other public buildings. The French government has announced that it will review individual cases, but refuses to conduct a general survey of all undocumented workers in the country.  
 
 
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