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The appalling knife attack in a playground near Lake Annecy on Thursday reacted strongly to the opposition, especially on the right. According to them, it is necessary to review European law and procedures in the area of asylum. A speech widely heard by the Republicans, until the National Rally where we defend fairly similar proposals.
France has been in a state of shock since the stabbing attack near Lake Annecy left six injured, including four children under the age of three. The assailant, a Syrian asylum seeker, arrived on French territory last fall on a regular basis. This is enough to relaunch the debate around European law and asylum procedures on the right-wing. The Republicans ask in particular that these procedures are no longer registered on national territory but in diplomatic representations abroad.
Review “imperatively” asylum applications
“It is imperative that applications for the right of asylum be made abroad in these consulates. There may be deposits by digital means. The problem is that in France, as soon as an asylum seeker sets foot on French soil, even when he is dismissed, he is almost inexpellable. So it is much better to prevent than to cure, “said the leader of the LR senators, Bruno Retailleau. A measure that would be part of the responses to the Annecy knife attack according to the party.
This proposal is not new and is also being considered by the National Rally. During her last presidential campaign, Marine Le Pen included in her program a modification of the right of asylum by referring to the law to set the terms of applications and establish the obligation to file them in embassies and consulates abroad. . An idea also defended by Eric Zemmour, who went even further by declaring himself in favor of the suspension of the right of asylum.