the Defender of Rights sharply criticizes the text carried by Gérald Darmanin

The Defender of Rights, Claire Hédon, denounced on Saturday December 9 the “break in the protection of rights and freedoms” what, according to her, the immigration bill entails. This text, toughened by the Senate in November and debated from Monday in the National Assembly, “removes a number of guarantees currently provided to protect the fundamental rights of foreigners”she writes in a column published by The world.

The reform, which was initially based on the dual objective of controlling immigration and improving integration, now leans clearly towards the repressive aspect, in the opinion of many observers. “The text supports the idea, however refuted by numerous studies, according to which reception conditions that are ‘too favorable’ would encourage irregular immigration or the lasting settlement of foreigners in the territory”notes Claire Hédon in the forum.

“Ubiquitous in the parliamentary debate, this speech pushed the legislator to consider restrictions on numerous rights, particularly for particularly vulnerable people.”

Claire Hédon, Rights Defender

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Claire Hédon is also concerned about an inversion of the relationship between obtaining a residence permit and integration. The first was originally designed as a guarantee of the second, she recalls in substance. For the Defender of Rights, the bill reinforces a situation where a long-term residence permit is issued as a reward for integration deemed successful. L’“extreme degradation of the rights of foreigners living in France” is all the stronger as “the failure of prefectural services largely contributes to this”according to Claire Hédon, who castigates the “lack of human interlocutors” and waiting times.