“To save lives, we change the laws”, justifies Bruno Retailleau, following the announcement of a new law on immigration
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 by the government spokesperson on Sunday.
The flagship proposal to extend the detention period for illegal aliens does not “will concern [que] the most dangerous individuals »declared Mr. Retailleau, citing the case of Philippine, a 19-year-old student found dead in Paris at the end of September. “To save lives, we change the laws”he added, specifying that, to do 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 the countries of origin refuse the return of their nationals, namely the reciprocal non-issuance of return visas, the reduction in development aid subsidies or even the establishment, at Union level European customs duties. “We need levers and reciprocity”believes Mr. Retailleau.
With regard to the content of the “new “immigration” law”the Minister of the Interior said that he did not want “not go beyond what has already been voted on”considering that the immigration law of January 2024 had been passed “overwhelmingly” more “censored for purely formal reasons”. “My wish is that France is not more attractive in terms of immigration than the rest of the countries of Europedeclared Mr. Retailleau. Our job is to place France in the average of European countries. »
Bruno Retailleau also returned to state medical aid (AME), which he does not want “throw away” as a whole, but which, he says, citing the report by Claude Evin and Patrick Stefanini, is “an encouragement to clandestinity”. As for regularizations in the professional context, the Minister of the Interior affirmed that a list of “jobs in tension” – the only professions which will justify the regularization of an undocumented worker – was “being worked on” and would be revealed ” quickly “.
