French parliament mulls 'firm' immigration law
Nov 07, 2023
Paris [France], November 7: The French Senate starts on Monday to debate a hugely controversial immigration bill that the government says will bolster security for legal migrants but that opponents see as new evidence of a lurch to the right by President Emmanuel Macron. Left-wingers reject the draft law's bid to expel more people and toughen conditions for irregular migrants, while conservatives' hackles have been raised by provisions to regularize the situation of undocumented workers in sectors with labor shortages.
