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Immigration law: the project divides among politicians
Immigration law: the project divides among politicians – (France 2)
Debates on the immigration law will open in the Senate from Monday, November 6. This is the 27th law since 1981. What do the majority think?
Long in the drawers, but repeatedly postponed, the immigration bill arrives in the Senate from Monday, November 6. Gérald Darmanin will bring a text with two components: repressive and at the same time an integration component. The point of tension is article 3 which creates a temporary residence permit for illegal foreigners working in professions in shortage. Article 3 is the Republicans’ red line. “It is an article which gives an automatic right to those who have arrived fraudulently on our territory”alarms Bruno Retaillau, president of the party in the Senate.
Division in the majority
According to information from France 2, Elisabeth Borne asked the Minister of the Interior to find a passageway. The text is a catalyst for divisions within the majority itself. The left aide made it a casus belli. She threatens not to pass the law if article 3 disappears. Other measures will be fiercely debated as the government wants to tighten the conditions for the right to asylum.