Emmanuel Macron announces a new asylum and immigration bill from 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée Palace on September 15, 2022. © AP - Ludovic Marin
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A bill on asylum and immigration will be tabled "
from the beginning of 2023
", Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday, with the aim of putting an end to an "
absurd policy
" which he considered both "
ineffective and inhuman
”.
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A bill relating to asylum, therefore immigration to the Republic, will be tabled from the beginning of 2023
”, announced the Head of State to the prefects, outlining a few lines of action.
"
We have a policy that is both inefficient and inhumane, inefficient because we find ourselves with more foreigners in an irregular situation than many of our neighbors, inhumane because this pressure means that they are too often badly received
" , declared Emmanuel Macron by way of observation.
Among the factors of attractiveness of France, "
we have a system of monetary, social, medical aid, much more generous than all our neighbors
", he noted.
On the reception side, the Head of State deemed it necessary "
to integrate much more quickly and much better those who even have a provisional title by language and by work
", noted the Head of State.
An “
absurd policy
”
However, according to him, “
our policy today is absurd
” because it “
consists of putting women and men who arrive, who are in the greatest misery
” in the poorest neighborhoods.
The Head of State pleaded for a better distribution of foreigners welcomed on the territory, in particular in "
rural areas, which are losing population
", and where "
we will have to close classes, probably schools and colleges
”.
In these regions, "
the conditions for their reception will be much better than if we put them in areas that are already densely populated, with a concentration of massive economic and social problems
", he pleaded, also referring to a policy “
faster learning of French, investment in vocational training
”.
"
Changing the rules
" in Guyana and Mayotte
At the same time, Emmanuel Macron promised
to "improve the effectiveness of deportation policies
" at the border for foreigners in an illegal situation.
In particular, he mentioned the need to make the granting of visas more conditional on "
the spirit of cooperation to take back foreigners in an irregular situation, starting with those who disturb public order
".
During his recent trip to Algeria
, Emmanuel Macron thus paved the way, with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune, for a relaxation of the visa regime granted to this country, in exchange for increased cooperation from Algiers in the fight against illegal immigration.
Thursday before the prefects, he finally focused on "
two territories which will be the subject of very special attention
", Guyana and
Mayotte
, where "
it will undoubtedly be necessary
(...)
to change the rules with great of force because the geographical and demographic reality of these territories is profoundly different from the rest of the soil of the Republic
".
(
With
AFP)
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