Patrick Stefanini appointed special representative of the Ministry of the Interior

Patrick Stefanini appointed special representative of the Ministry of the Interior
Patrick Stefanini appointed special representative of the Ministry of the Interior

The Ministry of the Interior announced the appointment of LR leader Patrick Stefanini as special representative for immigration, brandished as a favorite subject by Bruno Retailleau.

The Ministry of the Interior announced this Friday, November 29, the appointment of LR departmental councilor of Patrick Stefanini as special representative for immigration to Bruno Retailleau, in a press release.

“This appointment is part of a firm desire of the Minister of the Interior to fight for better control of migratory flows and to strengthen the security of the French,” assures the ministry.

“Thank you to Patrick Stefanini for accepting the mission of special representative of the Minister of the Interior. His great knowledge of subjects related to immigration will be a great asset in the fight against illegal immigration that we are waging tirelessly,” wrote Bruno Retailleau on his X account.

Patrick Stefanini was notably Secretary General of the Ministry of Immigration, Integration and National Identity between 2008 and 2009 under the presidency of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Consider new agreements

“Patrick Stefanini's mission will mainly focus on strengthening the readmission system for people in an irregular situation which falls under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior,” the press release specifies.

“Patrick Stefanini will be responsible for concluding new bilateral readmission agreements or arrangements with source countries of immigration and transit, but also for optimizing existing agreements which may involve the renegotiation of existing agreements,” indicates the Interior.

“One of the important challenges of its mission will lie in the inclusion of clauses for the readmission of third-country nationals and stateless persons,” the press release specifies.

Here he mentions the case of foreigners in an irregular situation whose “removal is temporarily not possible” particularly in the event of “generalized conflict” in their country. In this scenario, “it is desirable that this removal can be done towards a third country through which the foreigner has transited or stayed”, indicates the ministry.

Immigration as a privileged theme for Retailleau

Appointed just after the murder of a student, Filipina, whose suspect is a Moroccan under obligation to leave the territory (OQTF), Bruno Retailleau made immigration one of the privileged themes of his time at the Ministry of the Interior, claiming a hard line on the subject.

After his appointment, Bruno Retailleau notably estimated during an interview on TF1 that “massive immigration is not an opportunity for (…) so I want to take all means precisely, to reduce the immigration to France.

The minister promised a new law on immigration at the beginning of 2025, without waiting for the publication of all the decrees of the Darmanin law, promulgated at the beginning of 2024 after heated debates.

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