“To save lives, we change the laws,” justifies Bruno Retailleau, after the announcement of a new immigration law
Guest of “4 Vérités”, on France 2, the Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, returned to the announcement of a “New “immigration” law” by 2025, the government spokesperson announced on Sunday.
The flagship proposal to extend the detention period for illegal aliens does not “will worry [que] the most dangerous individuals »declared Retailleau, citing the case of Philippine, a 19-year-old student found dead in Paris in late September. “To save lives, we change the laws”He added, specifying that, to achieve this, the number of places in detention centers should be increased to reach 3,000. “in two years”.
The Minister of the Interior mentioned “a certain number of levers” in cases where countries of origin refuse the return of their nationals, i.e. the non-issuance of reciprocal return visas, the reduction of development aid subsidies or even the establishment, at Union level, of European customs duties. “We need levers and reciprocity”says Mr. Retailleau.
Regarding the content of the “New “immigration” law”the Minister of the Interior said that he did not want “do not go beyond what has already been voted on”considering that the January 2024 immigration law had been approved “overwhelmingly” but “censored for purely formal reasons”. “My wish is that France is not more attractive in terms of immigration than the rest of the countries in Europe.”declared Mr. Retailleau. Our task is to place France in the average of European countries. »
Bruno Retailleau also returned to state medical aid (AME), which does not want “throw away” as a whole, but which, he claims, citing the report by Claude Evin and Patrick Stefanini, is “an encouragement to clandestinity”. Regarding regularizations in the professional field, the Minister of the Interior stated that a list of “Work in tension” – the only professions that will justify the regularization of an undocumented worker – was “in process of work” and would be revealed ” quickly “.
