French Repatriated from Algeria appealed against the French state

Two French women, daughters of repatriated parents from Algeria at the time of Independence in 1962, attacked the French government, believing that the commitments contained in the Evian agreements on compensation for abandoned heritage had not been respected.

•     The two sisters were born in Algeria, whose parents originate from Oran (north-west) are deceased, brought an action before the administrative court of Montpellier (south-west) in early September, 47 years after the Evian agreements that ended the war of Algeria (1954/62).
  
      According to the Trade Union defense of French interests in Algeria (USDIFRA), which supports women in their approach, it is "the first use" of this type.
  
      The Evian agreements predicted compensation by Algeria of abandoned property, with the guarantee of France, said the chairman of the USDIFRA Gabriel Mène.
  
      There were no payments from Algeria, declares USDIFRA, which considers the various "laws of French national contribution allowed to settle between 35 and 40%" of the value of "looted" property.
  
      According to the complainants, Jacqueline Torra, her father "has received 15% of the value of abandoned property.
  
      "We demand full compensation with the interests of current law since 1962," said Mène. "It is a matter of justice."
  
      The two women were already causing complaints against the Algerian state before the International Commission of Human Rights, UN, Geneva. Their actions were followed by another 800 complaints, according to USDIFRA.
  
      The association said that the UN Commission had referred the complainants before the Algerian courts.
  
      "The first cases are being investigated in Oran," says Mène, for which it was wrong to attack Algeria without attacking France "since both states have signed the Evian agreements " .
  
      A million people left Algeria after these agreements, 220.000 entitled to compensation, according to USDIFRA. This issue is a sensitive issue in relations between Algeria and the colonizing country France.
  
      
  Ennaharonline / M. O.