During his interview in River published on Saturday in the parisianThe President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron was consulted on the current immigration bill, which must be examined at the beginning of 2023, and presented the “three-step strategy” of this text.
This law should, on the one hand, “help development to address root inequalities, linked for example to climate change, and to prevent migration.” On the other hand, it must “facilitate the return and the fight against clandestine networks. Finally, simplify reception procedures”, explains Emmanuel Macron. On the issue of immigration, “it takes firmness and humanity,” he says.
Sectors that would not operate without immigration
The French president declares that “France has always been a land of immigration”, recalling that “we have always needed it for our economy”. He thus cites the Italian, Spanish and North African immigration that contributed to the agricultural sector, but also the Polish immigration that worked in the mines.
The Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, had thus proposed at the beginning of November the creation of a residence permit specifically dedicated to undocumented workers who have a job in a sector that needs labor.
“Today, let’s be lucid, do we sincerely think that catering, agricultural work, and many other sectors function without immigration? You have to have the honesty to say it, the answer is no, ”she launches.
At the same time, he explains that the unemployment insurance reforms also aim to “encourage all French men and women who are able to work to do so” and to occupy jobs in sectors in demand.
The immigration bill aims to be “more effective in asylum applications”, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne already explained at the beginning of November, “there is also the desire to be more effective in expelling or expelling foreigners who do not have residence.” permission and who must leave the national territory. And at the same time we want to promote integration, integration through work”.
Source: BFM TV
