TAKING CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION IN FRANCE

"We want to regain control of our migration policy," said the Prime Minister on Wednesday, November 6 in twenty measures on its migration policy.

The government, however, has been content with simple announcements balancing, wanting to please his right as much as his left. And nothing new: for most measures announced, even in force.

In fact, the Prime Minister first attacked "medical tourism" by mentioning measures already announced by Agnès Buzyn a few weeks ago. Asylum seekers will now have to wait three months before they have access to universal health coverage (PUMa) when today they have access to it as soon as their application is registered.

The duration of the maintenance of the PUMa should also be reduced for failed asylum seekers from twelve to six months. In the same vein, for undocumented foreigners who can now benefit from state medical aid (AME) after three months of presence on the territory, restrictive measures will be taken.

But to counterbalance this logic of closure, the government plans to revive an economic immigration policy, a measure widely demanded by the majority. Also Muriel Pénicaud, Minister of Labor, she spoke of "quotas" or "numerical objectives" of welcoming newcomers in professional networks in tension whose list, which dates from 2008, will be updated this summer. But this measure should have little impact ...

By seizing sovereign subjects such as immigration, the executive tries to divert sensitive social topics, including that of pension reform, while being in the perspective of a duel with the extreme right during the presidential election of 2022.