Immigration law: “The xenophobic intention of this text was beyond doubt,” says Benoît Hamon

In France, the Constitutional Council largely censored, this Thursday, January 25, the immigration law adopted in December 2023. The wise members of the Council rejected most of the most controversial measures, including the end of the automatic right of soil for children born in France, the tightening of family reunification or the “return deposit” for foreign students. The text had scandalized the left, NGOs and associations, fractured the presidential majority, delighted the right and the far right, who had voted for it, following very broad concessions. Interview with Benoît Hamon, general director of the French association Singa, which aims to integrate refugees and migrants.