Asylum, immigration: Government has two sensitive projects

By Charlotte PLAN TIVE and Benedict FAUCHET | AFP -

Asylum applications examined quickly, stay of several years: Two Aliens Act was a bill introduced in the Council of Ministers Wednesday, the criticism of the left and right, can lead without any convincing associations.

The first major reform of immigration law according to Francois Hollande elections is protected by Bernard Cazeneuve. In an interview with Liberation, said the interior minister that France "must stay", "immigration and asylum on earth," argues that "condemns the country by the courts."

Both projects were prepared by his predecessor, Manuel Valls, marked a subtle mix of mandatory measures and generous.

The first problem: overcrowding in the protection system. For seven years, more than 66 000 cases of applicants in 2013 almost doubled.

House are saturated and half of the applicants were stranded, leading to the opening of the squats in some places (Lyon, Grenoble, ...). In addition, the application is two years, on average, that the expulsion was not satisfied.

The first goal of the reform is the usual procedure in 2017 to reduce the manufacturing time in nine months.

For the defense of French Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) and the National Judicial Asylum (NADC) will benefit from the additional resources and personnel. Can invest OFPRA, the applications in the files "accelerated procedure" that seem unfair to him to be reviews. NADC appeals court five months eight days.

Accommodation, had spread the bill over the country and to eliminate the benefit for foreigners who refuse to go to a particular place, or give up.

"It's the law that I say excellent left that, as such, and will defend against the excesses of the great strength and faith," Bernard Cazeneuve France Inter said.

"Some improvements to their desire to set and asylum seekers to control question mask," writes the assertion to the contrary, the. French Coordination for asylum, the specific ACAT (Christians against Torture), Amnesty, Catholic Relief Services and the League of bringing human rights

- Avoid the "soap opera" -

Attack immigration law to other operating problems. Despite the fact that the desire of former President Nicolas Sarkozy to change the immigration "suffered", the "selective immigration", France attracts 200,000 foreign professionals qualified outside the EU are legally every year.

Therefore, the government has the creation of a new residence, the proposed "Talent Pass" force for four years, which will replace the current title of the maze.

Another problem is that the obligation to renew their residence permit every year, making huge queues Province and complicates the lives of strangers. Since you accept to grant a 99% renewal applications automatically load a residence permit, proposed the Interior Ministry, two to four years after the first title of the year.

But in all these years, the securities may be issued only if a stranger followed her French class. And the question of residence of ten years after the first five years is to read from the ability and understand simple texts from.

The bill Integration "is obsessed with the fight against illegal immigration and a ban of the famous" "and offers significant advances in the field of fundamental rights," the challenge Gisti. Perfect, believes Cimade, the government has opted for the "continuity of repression" in the previous Chief Executive.

Select the appropriate long-term value, and it is advisable to pre-trial detention before the foundation.

To avoid a "series", Interior Minister wants, is now studying the two texts "the same sequence." This review does not have to come before the fall.