It is a turn to the right, one of those which is valid for its symbolism, but just as much for its real implications in people's lives. Undocumented immigrants, in this case. On Thursday January 23, Bruno Retailleau distributed to all prefects the new circular which will now govern access to regularization for foreigners without a residence permit. And the impetus given by the Minister of the Interior is that of toughening.
In the three-page text, including The World obtained a copy, the Minister of the Interior asks the prefects to refocus the regularizations they grant on workers in professions in tension, as opposed to the regularization of people for their personal and family life in France, the majority today 'today.
The regularization of employees in professions in shortage, introduced by the immigration law of January 2024, requires in particular three years of presence in France and twelve months of seniority in the work and exercise of a profession falling on a list established by decree. For everything that does not concern these workers, the criteria for admission to residence are notoriously strict.
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