After weeks of work, the government will return its copy on immigration Wednesday at an interdepartmental committee. Tuesday evening, the Prime Minister presented the main measures to parliamentarians of the majority. At the heart of this new plan: health. The executive is moving towards a reform of the medical care of foreigners, according to information from Europe 1.
"We must fight against health shopping," pleads a member after meeting with the Prime Minister. Two amendments to the law are planned. The executive will announce a waiting period for asylum seekers: it will take them three months to access universal protection (PUMA), the basic social security. Until then, they were entitled to it as soon as their application was filed.
"We want to break the fantasies on the care of foreigners conveyed by the National Gathering"
In addition, undocumented migrants will still be able to benefit from State Medical Aid. The care basket does not change, but some non-urgent acts will have to be subject to a prior agreement of the Social Security. In the line of sight of the government: foreigners who remain in the territory after the expiry of a tourist visa or nationals of countries such as Albania or Georgia who sometimes come for treatment in France.
Restrictions that will not concern emergencies, communicable diseases, or care for children. But within the executive, one assumes a new firmness: "it is a clear political signal: one wants to break the fantasies on the care of foreigners conveyed by the National Rally", explains an elected Macronist. On Wednesday, the Prime Minister will unveil 20 measures. It will also be question of insertion through employment or development aid. an "open but demanding" plan promises Edouard Philippe. A balancing act to try to satisfy the right wing as the left wing of the majority.