The French government will propose a new immigration law in 2025 that would extend the period during which irregular migrants deemed dangerous can remain in administrative detention, government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon said on Sunday.
The latest immigration law, which took effect in January 2024, has been the subject of intense debate. President Emmanuel Macron’s party, which had a relative majority at the time, pushed the law through the abstention of the far-right National Alarm, although some of the proposals tabled by right-wing MPs were rejected by the Constitutional Council.
For 2025, however, “there will be a need for a new immigration law in 2025,” government spokeswoman Maud Bregeon told BFM television on Sunday morning.
This time, the new government, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier and with influential right-wing interior minister Bruno Retegio (LR, Les Républicains), wants to overturn the law.
Since taking office, Retegio has advocated for stricter EU rules and the revision of Schengen rules. On Thursday in Luxembourg, he even urged his EU counterparts to implement the pact on asylum and migration, currently scheduled for 2026.
Longer holding periods
According to the government spokeswoman, the new text will examine Retegio’s proposal to “facilitate the extension of the detention of illegal aliens who present a dangerous profile in administrative detention centers.”
This would extend detention from a maximum of 90 days to 210 days – a proposal put forward by right-wing MPs from Laurent Wauquiez’s Droite républicaine group at the end of September.
Bregeon also warned that the government’s next text could include elements condemned by the Constitutional Council in the last law – such as tightening family reunification. He also talked about including legalizing undocumented workers in areas with severe labor shortages.
“We are not stopping to think about other provisions that could be proposed in this law,” Bregeon added.
The text will be discussed with the parliamentary groups of the National Assembly and the Senate.
“We will not seek the support of the Rassemblement National,” she warned, referring to the far-right party.
Marine Le Pen’s party, which abstained last time, has already made its refusal to disapprove of the Barnier government conditional on the drafting of a new immigration law.
Source: Euractiv
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