Immigration law: the Senate text “went very, very far”, believes former minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

The immigration bill is currently being examined in committee at the National Assembly. Should we return to the initial text, before it is toughened by the senatorial right? “The initial text was a minimal text. It was not perfect, far from it. What happened in the Senate made it all so outrageous that, by mirror effect, [le texte initial] seems less serious to us.”underlines Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, president of France Terre d’Asile and former minister.

For the regional councilor of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, the Senate text “went very, very far” For “prevent people from integrating“. “The initial text posed a certain number of problems, in particular the too rapid processing of asylum applications, which no longer guarantees a certain number of fundamental rights of people“, says Najat Vallaud-Belkacem.

Article 3 “was going in the right direction”

According to her, the French expect “efficiency” in matters of immigration. The former minister believes that this text “isn’t very useful”, “neither effective”. Asked about the government’s strategy in the National Assembly, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem responds: “It is not a political subject, it is a societal subject, that is to say that our country, in fact, asks itself several questions, [notamment] on professions in tension.” Concerning article 3, the elected judge “that he was going in the right direction”but it could have been improved.