Pawn Power
16th June 2006, 01:40
New French resistance: Hiding children (http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/06/15/news/kids.php)
LYON When the police came to deport Samira Babaïan and her two children, her 10-year old-son Alek hid under the bed.
Since that April morning, Alek has gotten used to hiding - parents and teachers at his Lyon school have taken turns concealing him and his brother David, 7, illegal immigrants from Azerbaijan, to keep them in the country and in school.
"Who would have imagined that in France in 2006, we are finding ourselves hiding children from the police?" said Christine Pitiot, a mother of two, as she waited for the two boys outside school one recent afternoon to take them to their latest "safe house."
LYON When the police came to deport Samira Babaïan and her two children, her 10-year old-son Alek hid under the bed.
Since that April morning, Alek has gotten used to hiding - parents and teachers at his Lyon school have taken turns concealing him and his brother David, 7, illegal immigrants from Azerbaijan, to keep them in the country and in school.
"Who would have imagined that in France in 2006, we are finding ourselves hiding children from the police?" said Christine Pitiot, a mother of two, as she waited for the two boys outside school one recent afternoon to take them to their latest "safe house."