Like UK, France adopts stricter measures to curb immigration

Like UK, France adopts stricter measures to curb immigration

 The French parliament has amended its laws in a bid to
control its immigration figures.

 

According to Le Monde, French media, the law which was adopted
on Tuesday, creates a distinction between foreigners who are “in a situation of
employment” and those who are not, with effects on what social benefits they
can receive and when.

 

For benefits such as family allowances, immigrants who do
not work will have to wait for five years until they are eligible, compared to
30 months for workers.

 

For the main housing aid known as APL, a residency
requirement is set at five years for foreigners not in employment, and three
months for others.

 

The law also creates “quotas” – which will be set by
parliament – to cap “for the next three years” the number of foreigners
admitted to the country (excluding asylum seekers).

 

The French government also agreed to create the possibility
of stripping dual nationals of their French citizenship if they have been
convicted of intentional homicide against any person in a “position of public
authority” .

 

Also, the conditions for family reunification were revised,
requiring the applicant to have been in France for two years instead of 18
months.

 

French President Emmanuel Macron called the law
“courageous”, despite condemnation from the left-wing who said the freshly
voted law is “a disgrace to our country of human rights”.

 

Macron insisted it was designed to “combat illegal
immigration” and “better integrate workers”.

 

However, the development divided the president’s party,
forcing Aurélien Rousseau, health minister, to resign in protest.

 

A previous draft was rejected by the parliament last week
and in response, the government redrafted the bill, making some of its
provisions tougher.

 

The move by France comes weeks after the United Kingdom and
Canada announced revisions to their laws to control  immigration figures.

Source: Like UK, France adopts stricter measures to curb immigration

 - NigerianEye

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