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The French parliament has passed legislation toughening France's immigration policy.

The amended bill was backed by both President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance party and Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN).

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The new legislation makes it more difficult for migrants to bring family members to France and delays their access to welfare benefits.

It also bans detaining minors in detention centres.

A controversial provision discriminates between citizens and migrants, even those living in the country legally, in determining eligibility for benefits.

The tougher version appealed to right-wing parties, who backed it on Monday.

Ms Le Pen welcomed the amended bill, calling it an "ideological victory" for the far-right.

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe this time it’ll work.

[–] Altofaltception@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Now let's stop fucking up the countries those migrants are from and we won't need to do any of this.

[–] chitak166@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Racism is on the rise. Children are almost always worse than their parents.

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm not aware of any studies on the topic, but the perceptions of racism are definitely on the rise according to Gallup polls.

[–] GiveMemes@jlai.lu 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

America, believe it or not, is not a representative sample of France...

[–] popcap200@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I get the sense that the country that elected Trump and the one that almost elected Marie Le Pen may have similar views on race relations. I could be wrong though.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 years ago

How does this interface with the EU and Schengen Zone? Can France keep a German from claiming the same benefits of a French citizen?

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


The amended bill was backed by both President Emmanuel Macron's centrist Renaissance party and Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN).

The new legislation makes it more difficult for migrants to bring family members to France and delays their access to welfare benefits.

The new pact, agreed by EU governments and European Parliament members, includes creating border detention centres and enabling the quicker deportation of rejected asylum seekers.

Hailed as a landmark agreement by Parliament President Roberta Metsola, the new system allows asylum seekers to be relocated from southern member states, which have the highest numbers of arrivals, to other countries.

Health Minister Aurélien Rousseau, who was a member of the Communist party in his youth, stepped down in protest at the immigration law.

"Some measures in the bill make me very uncomfortable," said Yaël Braun-Pivet, the president of the lower house of parliament and a member of Mr Macron's party.


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