The former presidential excandate Verónica Mendoza denounced, through her X account, the inadmissibility of Peruvian territory of a French activist for assuming a “threat to national security.”
“They” escape “narcos, mafia and corrupt but arbitrarily expel a foreign visitor for” national security. “Being a human rights activist or defender cannot be a cause to deny admission to our country,” he wrote.
This is the French citizen Evans Clément of the La France Inusoumise movement, who on July 28 could not enter Peruvian territory because he was not admitted. In the notification of migrations indicates that this is due for national security reasons, internal order/public order.
“In that sense, the passenger is inadmissible above, in accordance with the literal” b. That they suppose a situation of danger or threat to national security, public order, internal order, the protection of other people’s rights and freedoms, prevention of criminal offenses or international relations of the Peruvian State or other states, based on international obligations signed on the subject. “, and literal” C “of numeral 48.2 dl”, reads in the section of observations.
Inadmissibility of French citizen to Peruvian territory. Photo: Evans Clément/X.
Evans Clément published the migration trade in his X account together with a brief claim for what happened: “They prevented me from entering Peruvian territory for national security reasons. They arrested me, they expelled me from Peru and returned me to France without any justified reason. It seems that my rebel activism scares them, but what? What do they have to hide?”
Movement demands answers
Meanwhile, the movement also denounced what happened on its official website. “The France In -Eumise condemns in the most energetic terms the arbitrary detention and expulsion of one of its activists by the Peruvian authorities, which occurred on Monday, July 28 in Lima. This activist, on a private trip to Peru, had also been commissioned by the France In -Eyumise of several meetings with elected officials, political activists and organizations of the Peruvian left, as part of the international relations of our movement. They were part of a legitimate and transparent effort to promote political solidarity among progressive forces, “they said.
In addition, they said that “an order of immediate expulsion and a document that accused him, without evidence or foundation, of being a” threat to Peruvian national security “was notified (Evans). It will be returned to France on Tuesday, July 29”.
This medium communicated with migrations to obtain details of what happened, however, at the close of this note no response was obtained.
