The Minister of Labor, Olivier Dussopt, ruled on Tuesday October 17 that “the current climate” should not penalize undocumented workers in shortage occupations, which the future immigration law plans to regularize. “The climate has changed [avec l’attentat d’Arras] but it would be absolutely terrible (…) that men and women who work daily (…) be the victims of a terrorist climate that does not concern them”he said on Franceinfo.
The immigration bill, one of the measures of which is the regularization of undocumented workers in professions for which employers struggle to recruit, must be examined at first reading in the Senate from November 6. It will then be examined by deputies from December, announced Tuesday, Franck Riester, Minister of Relations with Parliament. A previous calendar suggested that the text would arrive at the Palais-Bourbon at the beginning of 2024.
Article 3 of the government text provides for the granting of a residence permit to foreigners working illegally in sectors such as construction or hotels. The right and extreme right are fiercely opposed to it, denouncing a “call of air” for irregular immigration. The government hopes to find a way through, in the absence of an absolute majority in the Assembly.
20,000 unfilled positions for the Olympics
“There is no call for air contrary to what the right says”said Olivier Dussopt. “We are talking about people in an irregular situation but who work legally in professions where everyone has difficulty recruiting”explained the Minister of Labor. “Often these people signed employment contracts at a time when they had papers, then the papers were not renewed for one reason or another”he added. “We must be able to regularize them. »
Questioned, moreover, about the 20,000 unfilled positions in the private security sector nine months before the Olympics, the Minister of Labor assured that “everyone whips”, “everyone is mobilized”. He notably announced that Pôle emploi was putting “working hard to show the interest of these professions”that a new training had been created to support major sporting events and that the State financed “lots of training” in the private security sector.