In the press - Immigration to France: "Undocumented migrants employed by the public service"

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On the front page of the French press this morning, the presentation today, in the National Assembly, of the bill on immigration.

A text that will be voted on next spring.

Already presented in broad outline last month by the Ministers of the Interior and Labour, this bill has several objectives, both to better enforce the expulsions of illegal immigrants and to promote the regularization of immigrant workers, in particular in the "jobs in tension".

A text on which

hopes that the deputies will debate "without demagogy or controversy", to put an end to "the failures of [French] migration policy": "the shortcomings in the reception of asylum seekers", "the erratic application of the obligation to leave the territory", "the wandering of unaccompanied minors", but also the fate of migrants "who drown in the Mediterranean or sleep this winter in the streets [of] big cities".

Four years after the asylum and immigration law passed by the Minister of the Interior at the time, Gérard Collomb, "the majority assumes greater firmness", according to

, which evokes a "great shift of Macronie on the subject" - an allusion to the conspiracy theory of the "great replacement" conveyed by the far right.

The newspaper underlines the "evolution" of Emmanuel Macron since his first term, under the effect of the "hardening of public opinion", and "the right-wing of his majority", but the President "still embarrassed, as if embarrassed by its "and-and", and left and right, and humanity and firmness" – hence Kak's drawing, showing immigrants, arriving aboard the

, greeted by signs "Welcome to France " and "Return to Africa", and this question from a Renaissance MP: "How do you say 'at the same time'

However, this search for a compromise risks satisfying neither the right nor the left.

criticizes "the vagueness" around this reform, pretending to question what it means to "combine firmness and humanity".

"Would that mean that the application of the law is inhumane and that philanthropy lies in the transgression of this same law?", challenges the newspaper - assuring that "the vast majority of opinion expects the government to he is firmly taking back control of immigration".

Not convinced either,

denounces the "inconsistencies" of the text and beyond, of the French State, which says it wants to expel illegal immigrants, but employs thousands of them in the public service, often via subcontracting.

The newspaper has met several of these undocumented migrants, all of whom are at risk of deportation, although their jobs are "under pressure".

Libé cites in particular the case of a Vietnamese medical graduate who was promised to see her file studied, when she entered the public hospital, before finding herself under the obligation to leave the territory. French (OQTF), once its mission is completed.

In China, a national tribute for Jiang Zeming, the former president who died last week at 96, is taking place today.

"Final farewell to the beloved leader,"

, which shows current president Xi Jinping paying his respects to the remains of his predecessor at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, the last home of the great figures of the CCP, where Jiang Zemin was cremated yesterday.

However, the official Chinese press seems quite in a hurry to move on, as evidenced by the cover of the

, where Russian President Vladimir Putin, pictured during his visit to the Crimean Bridge yesterday, replaced Jiang Zemin and his ally Xi Jinping.

The newspaper has put aside condolences, and is pleased this morning that the easing of health measures against Covid-19 has pushed up Chinese shares.

Lifting the lockdowns, however, poses a major challenge for the Chinese regime, which now faces the risk of an outbreak of the epidemic, according to

, which evokes the problem of the refusal of tens of millions of elderly Chinese to be vaccinated.

The British daily cites the figure of 85 million people, or a third of sexagenarians, who have not yet received, to date, the third dose of vaccine necessary to be sufficiently protected against the Omicron variant.

According to the newspaper, their refusal of the vaccine was due to their mistrust of pharmaceutical products made in China, their misunderstanding that vaccines do not completely stop the transmission of the virus or a false sense of security, linked to the relatively low number of cases, so far, in China.

In South Africa, the ANC, the party of President Cyril Ramaphosa, suspected of corruption, has decided to support him.

After a day of debate, and despite internal rivalries, Cyril Ramaphosa finally obtained the support of his comrades, who will vote against the opening of an impeachment procedure, to the delight, of course, of the Head of State. South African – who we see all smiles on the cover of

.

"The ANC saves soldier Cyril", but the Burkinabé news site

believes that Ramaphosa is however "far from being out of trouble" and that "the story is far from its epilogue in a South Africa where cases always catch up with their authors".

A word on the flamboyant victory, yesterday, of Brazil against South Korea, eliminated from the Football World Cup, 4 goals to 1. Qualified for the quarter-finals, the Seleçao players celebrated their victory by dancing, with a communicative joy.

“Dança Brasil!” Enthuses

, who also shows the banner unfurled in support of “Rei”, King Pelé.

The 82-year-old former champion is suffering from cancer and is currently hospitalized with a respiratory infection.

He follows this World Cup from his hospital bed in São Paulo.

Hence the title of

, this morning, which speaks of a "Victory blessed by the king".

Next meeting for Brazil: this Friday, against Croatia.

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