France is making another attempt to facilitate the deportation of undocumented migrants. The cabinet therefore wants to immediately request rejected asylum seekers to leave the country without waiting for a possible objection. In principle, the asylum procedure should be shortened.
On the other hand, undocumented migrants working in jobs where there is a shortage of skilled workers should be able to obtain residence permits more easily. However, many details are still open, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin told France Info on Tuesday.
“It’s about integrating better and deporting better,” Darmanin added. Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne wanted to present the outlines of an immigration law planned for 2023 in the afternoon.
Macron: “We need a policy of toughness and humanity”
“How many years should they have been in the country? Do we need quotas? The text has not said anything about that yet,” says Darmanin. “We need a policy of hardness and humanity that corresponds to our values,” said French President Emmanuel Macron this weekend in an interview with the newspaper “Le Parisien”.
122,000 exit requests – only 17,000 left the country
The figures show how little the laws that have been in force for a long time are being observed. Last year, France asked 122,000 migrants to leave the country. Only 17,000 of them left the country voluntarily or because they were deported. The number of deportations has become a problem again in recent weeks after an Algerian woman forced to leave the country was accused of murdering a 12-year-old.
Source: Krone
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