A bill on asylum and immigration will be tabled from the beginning of 2023 “, announced this Thursday Emmanuel Macron, with the aim of ending a “ political nonsense “which he judged all at once” inefficient and inhumane “.
” A bill relating to asylum, and therefore immigration to the Republic, will be tabled at the start of 2023 “, announced the Head of State to the prefects, outlining a few lines of action. “ We have a policy which is both inefficient and inhumane, inefficient because we find ourselves with more foreigners in an irregular situation than many of our neighbours, inhuman because this pressure means that they are too often badly received “, declared Emmanuel Macron by way of observation.
Among France’s attractiveness factors, “ we have a system of monetary, social, medical assistance, much more generous than all our neighbors “, he noted. On the reception side, the Head of State deemed it necessary ” to integrate much more quickly and much better those who even have a provisional title by language and by work “, noted the Head of State.
A ” political nonsense »
However, according to him, our politics today is nonsense ” because she ” consists in putting women and men who arrive, who are in the greatest misery in the poorest neighborhoods. The Head of State pleaded for a better distribution of the foreigners welcomed on the territory, in particular in the “ rural areas, which are losing population “, and or ” we will have to close classes, presumably schools and colleges “.
In these regions, the conditions for their reception will be much better than if we put them in areas that are already densely populated, with a concentration of massive economic and social problems “, he pleaded, also referring to a policy” faster learning of French, investment in vocational training “.
” Change the rules » in Guyana and Mayotte
At the same time, Emmanuel Macron promised “ improve the effectiveness of renewal policies at the border for foreigners in an illegal situation. In particular, he mentioned the need to make the granting of visas more conditional on “ the spirit of cooperation to take back foreigners in an irregular situation, starting with those who disturb public order “.
During his recent trip to AlgeriaEmmanuel Macron thus paved the way, with his counterpart Abdelmajid Tebboune, for a relaxation of the visa regime granted to this country, in exchange for increased cooperation from Algiers in the fight against illegal immigration.
Thursday in front of the prefects, he finally emphasized ” two territories that will receive special attention », Guyana and Mayottewhere “ it will probably take (…) change the rules with great force because the geographical and demographic reality of these territories is profoundly different from the rest of the soil of the Republic “.
(With AFP)