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France’s Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected several measures in a divisive new immigration law that critics call inhumane, in a new blow to President Emmanuel Macron and his government.
A top UN official is worried about the UK government’s ‘stop the boats’ policy on migration.
Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday to call on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign into law tough new legislation on immigration that they say bears the footprint of the far right and betrays French values.
Ex-President Donald Trump denied he has read Adolf Hitler’s manifest Mein Kampf.
A group of French lawmakers struck a tentative deal on Tuesday on a contested bill that will toughen immigration laws and has highlighted the difficulties for President Emmanuel Macron of running the country with no majority in parliament.
French lawmakers and senators prepared to hammer out a compromise over a beleaguered immigration bill on Monday as President Emmanual Macron’s government hoped to salvage what is seen as a flagship reform of his second term. French authorities have been seeking to push through legislation to harden France’s immigration law, but members of the right-wing and left-wing opposition last week joined forces to vote down the draft law without even debating the measures. A mixed parliamentary commission consisting of seven upper house senators and seven lower house lawmakers was expected to meet from 5:00 pm (1600 GMT) Monday in a bid to thrash out a compromise text. FRANCE 24’s Catherine Norris Trent reports.
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Tuesday faced down rebels in his ruling Conservative party by winning a knife-edge parliamentary vote on his latest plans to send migrants to Rwanda.
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Friday’s front pages report on the reaction to the migration figures, released by the ONS – which said net migration into the UK hit a record 745,000 people last year.
A new poll found a majority of voters want to see the Prime Minister doing more to tackle his main priorities
French prosecutors on Wednesday charged four people with involuntary manslaughter over the deaths of at least six migrants whose boat sank in the English Channel last weekend, a judicial source told AFP.
The European Union and Tunisia signed a memorandum of understanding for a “comprehensive strategic partnership” on renewable energies, economic development, and irregular migration.
Finland’s new coalition government, which includes the far-right Finns Party, on Friday announced plans to crack down on immigration with the far right heading the interior ministry.
The number of people coming to the UK using a relative’s student visa reached 135,788 last year – nine times more than in 2019.
UK must train own workers to curb migration – Braverman Home Secretary Suella Braverman is to give a speech later…
Poland is making radical reforms to its immigration and nationalization policies. Speculators are suggesting Poland is indirectly forcing Ex-Polish nationals…
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the heads of Germany’s 16 states on Wednesday agreed on new measures to tackle soaring migration after crunch talks.
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A group of people thought to be migrants are brought in to Dungeness, Kent, after being rescued by the RNLI (Picture: PA)
A total of 45,756 migrants have risked their lives to cross the Channel to the UK in 2022, new government figures show.
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