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A series of incidents disrupted the daily lives of residents in the Lorient district at the beginning of the year. Incivilities, in particular, led to additional interventions by the gendarmerie and more visible involvement by the Collectivité. An agreement has also been signed between the Collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy and the territorial delegation of the Saint-Martin Red Cross to carry out actions in the field. These include "maraudes" (street patrols), which enable the organization to reach out to people who may find themselves wandering the streets. Even if there aren't many of them on the island.
For example, since January, the mobile social intervention team (Emis) and a professional from the Espace Santé Jeune have been mobilized in Saint-Barth. While the Emis already conducts outreach campaigns on Saint-Martin, the public it has to deal with on Saint-Barth is quite different. In Saint-Martin, we meet people who are isolated, who sometimes hide and who may be in a very precarious situation," explains Sabrina Habhab, head of the mobile team. In Saint-Barthélemy, we focus on people who are on the street. To find out if they need help, whether social or administrative, or simply to create a link. We're there to get them back into society, and gradually reintegrate them. "A problem that is all too relative in Saint-Barth.
"Isolated cases
Indeed, as Sabrina Habhab and specialist educator Mimouna Taïbi point out, the people we meet in Saint-Barth are here to work. And when they don't, "these are people who are still looking for work", assures Sabrina Habhab, who adds: "As soon as people find work, we don't see them anymore. "In reality, there are never more than a dozen wandering people. "But others may be on the verge of it," says Mimouna Taïbi. For example, workers who find themselves in a precarious situation because they don't have a place to live. Or when the latter is so insalubrious that the occupant prefers to sleep elsewhere. In a car or on a beach, for example. But then again, Sabrina Habhab and Mimouna Taïbi insist that people in these situations are very few and far between on the island. These are people who have come to work, who are looking for accommodation," repeats Sabrina Habhab. These are people we can help. "Other cases can be mentioned, such as workers moving from island to island who, when they arrive in Saint-Barthélemy, can find themselves in trouble if they don't land a job. Once again, these are rare cases.
For the Red Cross, the patrols are also an opportunity to make contact with native islanders who have not been able to follow the island's evolution. This has left them in a relatively precarious situation. But once again, these are isolated cases," insists Sabrina Habhab. We're talking about two to five people here. "
In this picture, which doesn't give much cause for concern, young people don't really have a place. In any case, Red Cross teams rarely come across young people on their outreach patrols. On the other hand, the teams are present at the Mireille Choisy secondary school, where they run a listening unit for students. Not to mention the work carried out with Aide sociale à l'enfance and, of course, the Direction territoriale de la cohésion sociale.
