French President Emmanuel Macron will send the immigration bill adopted this morning by the National Assembly to the Constitutional Council, the body in charge of monitoring the application of the Constitution in that country, announced government spokesman Olivier Véran.
The councilors must “decide on the conformity of all or part of this law with our Constitution,” the spokesperson said.
The French Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne, considered this Wednesday morning that certain measures were unconstitutional and that the text “must evolve.”
The French Parliament approved a draft law on immigration that will strengthen the ability to deport foreigners considered undesirable and which has sparked a heated internal debate, especially since the far right decided to support the measure.
The project, which had already been approved by the upper house of parliament (Senate), was approved this morning in the lower house, the National Assembly, with 349 votes in favor and 186 against.
According to the French Prime Minister, Elisabeth Borne, the text of the bill includes “useful and efficient provisions” and which, according to the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, will allow the Government to be “greater firmness against foreign offenders.” .
The bill, which has not yet officially become law, has been harshly criticized by human rights organizations, particularly Human Rights Watch (HRW), which warned of the possibility of families being separated if the measures were to become law. .
In early November, HRW warned that the project under discussion threatened to limit the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants.
“French authorities are again trying to present a flawed set of immigration measures,” Eva Cossé, senior European researcher at Human Rights Watch, said at the time.
Source: TSF
