The Minister of the Interior explained that he wanted a law which abolishes the legislative provision according to which a foreigner who arrived in France before 13 years is not expensive. He clarified that this would only apply in the event of “crimes and serious crimes”.
Le Monde with AFP
Gérald Darmanin said, Tuesday, July 26, “assume a form of double penalty” for delinquent foreigners who, once their conviction, would be expelled. guest of BFM-TV , the Minister of the Interior argued that the government had “decided to focus on foreigners who commit delicual acts”.
He stressed that the government had withdrawn “70,000 residence permits” from foreigners from crimes. “When you are a foreigner and you arrive on national soil, you respect the laws of the Republic or else you go, he launched. It is a policy of common sense. We judge Foreigners for what they do, not for what they are. “
At the beginning of the morning, Mr. Darmanin had announced on RTL The presentation “at the start of the school year in September” of a law to raise “the legislative reservations preventing the expulsion of the territory of delinquent foreigners.
a” unworthy drift of the Republic “
Relevant to BFM that “current law” authorized the government “to do a lot of things”, he explained wishing that this law abolishes the legislative provision according to which a foreigner who arrived in France before the age of 13 years n ‘ is not deportable. He clarified that this would only apply in the event of “crimes and serious crimes”. In the morning, he had quoted as another disposition to delete the fact “to have contracted a marriage”.
believing that such a law would confirm “the alignment with the position of the far right” of Mr. Darmanin, SOS-Racisme called to put “an end to this drift worthy of [Marine] Le Pen [and of the Hungarian Prime Minister ultraconist Viktor] Orban, but unworthy of the Republic “.
Gérald Darmanin also wished to extend the duration of the obligations to leave French territory (OQTF) to two years, against a year currently, to allow appeals and calls. In 2020, less than 10 % of OQTFs were applied. “In the first half of [2022], argued Mr. Darmanin, the number of evictions was increased by 25 % with 9,685 outings from the territory (forced and helped distance), according to the ministry.
“I don’t regret anything, I was not going to release it”
The Minister also estimated that the number of places had to be increased in the administrative detention center (CRA); He announced the opening of “a new center in Lyon”. Mr. Darmanin wanted to explain that he “preferred to keep a foreigner on national soil, which certainly is irregularly on national soil, but wants to work, integrate into society rather than keeping on national soil” a foreigner delinquent.
According to the Ministry of the Interior, “since October 2020”, France has moved “2,751 public disorders, including 25 % of drug trafficking and 35 % of people’s trafficking authors. (intra -family violence, sexual offenses, etc.) and 770 foreigners known for acts of radicalization “.
These announcements occur while Mr. Darmanin found himself in the center of a controversy this weekend about the assault of police in Lyon. He had announced the arrest of a man in an irregular situation. The prosecution had then specified that this suspect had been released and put out of the case. The minister had maintained his decision to expel this person. “I don’t regret anything,” he said. “Anyone has been condemned and moreover in an irregular situation, I was not going to release him. Well, no!”
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