The Minister of the Interior wishes to return to the Valls circular, which allows prefects to exceptionally regularize people for reasons of private and family life or for work.
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Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau wants to tighten the rules for regularizing certain undocumented immigrants, by returning to a circular in force since 2012. “I will send two circulars to the prefects in the coming weeks”said the minister in an interview with Parisianafter receiving them on Tuesday.
“A first which will clarify their steering role and the second which will replace the Valls circular”he detailed. “We must only regularize things little by little, based on the reality of the work and real integration criteria”. In force since 2012, the Valls circular allows prefects to exceptionally regularize people for reasons of private and family life or for work.
The Minister of the Interior denies wanting to bypass Parliament on migration policy. “Regulatory life and the legislative path are perfectly complementary”he said. “A law will be needed to supplement the Immigration law of January, largely censored by the Constitutional Council, for formal reasons.”
Last week, Prime Minister Michel Barnier seemed to rule out the idea of a new immigration law. “I am the one who draws the line” on immigration, and “there will be rigorous measures to control (it)”he assured after controversial remarks from Bruno Retailleau, particularly on the rule of law. In his interview with ParisianBruno Retailleau also says he wishes “use transit countries to send back people who cannot be removed to their countries of origin”for political reasons, citing the example of Afghanistan.