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'At the hands of your border officials and police forces - but very much directed by your blind migration policies - I witnessed first-hand not 'liberté', but merciless constraint' (Photo: European Parliament)

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Dear President Macron, being a migrant is not a crime

by Magid Magid, Sheffield,

President Emmanuel Macron,

I am writing to convey my intense shock and horror at the wilful, remorseless neglect of universal human rights, the frank disregard for humanity and the wanton abuse of European law at your country's border with Italy.

During my heart-wrenching trip to Menton and Ventimiglia with Refugee Rights Europe, I saw refugees and displaced people of all ages and from all corners of our planet - compelled to flee poverty...

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Migration Opinion Letter

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Magid Magid is a Green MEP for Sheffield in the UK, and a member of the European Parliament committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs.

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Magid Magid is a Green MEP for Sheffield in the UK, and a member of the European Parliament committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs.

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