ATWhen the government is discussing a new immigration law with the right-wing opposition and the recent tragedy in Annecy has revived the debate on this subject, the left is inaudible, showing “embarrassment” and “embarrassment” on a question that she no longer considers “existential”, regretted Tuesday the former socialist minister Benoît Hamon, who now heads an NGO working for the inclusion of exiles.
On the right, LR has tabled two immigration bills, with a very firm line, in which he plans in particular to derogate from the primacy of the treaties and European law. What does the left propose in terms of immigration? Point reconsiders the proposals of the various parties of the NUPES.
During the last presidential election, Jean-Luc Mélenchon set “two priorities” for a “humanist and realistic” migration policy. The first was to “settle the causes of migration”. For this, the Insoumis leader proposed to “oppose unequal trade agreements which prevent the development of our partners and whose consequences affect the climate and biodiversity”, “act for peace, respect the independence of States and the sovereignty of Peoples” and “strengthen the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)”.
Secondly, the program of La France insoumise planned to “welcome with dignity” migrants by taking them “in charge thanks to reception and accommodation structures in sufficient number throughout the territory” by guaranteeing the right of asylum, “in particular, by taking the time to study each file”, and finally by repealing the asylum and immigration law. Asked at the beginning of June about the new immigration bill, the coordinator of La France insoumise, Manuel Bompard, affirmed that there would be “no compromise possible with the government”, which he accused of taking up the proposals of LR and RN.
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The PS must present proposals on the subject “at the beginning of July”, indicates Boris Vallaud to the Point. On the menu: the question of the regularization of foreigners in an irregular situation through work. “It is a subject to which we are attached”, assures the socialist deputy of the Landes, who calls to “get out of a great hypocrisy”. “There are foreigners in an irregular situation who work, many, who do not have a residence permit when they can have pay slips and contribute to Urssaf”, denounces Boris Vallaud, who sees a situation there. “grotesque”.
In addition to regularization through work, the PS intends to defend a certain number of “principled” subjects: inclusion, access to health with the AME, “necessary in terms of health as much as it is justified in terms of dignity”, according to Boris Vallaud, the issue of unaccompanied minors, “who must be treated as minors and considered as such”, and “significant, ambitious support for the entire integration policy”. Finally, the socialist deputy lists the defense of the right of asylum, the strengthening of the means of the prefectures and the effective execution of the obligations to leave French territory (OQTF).
Europe Ecology-The Greens
Ecologists are in favor of “the organized reception of exiles in the broad sense”, assures Julien Bayou. The EELV deputy from Paris explains that “the distinction between asylum within the meaning of the Geneva Convention, economic migrants, and those who could be called climate migrants is increasingly blurred”. He takes the example of a Malian who would leave the Sahel both “for democratic reasons and for economic questions, which are themselves increasingly linked to climate issues”. Julien Bayou thus says he is “against the disgusting, stupid and dogmatic discourse of the right” on immigration.
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The French Communist Party
The Communists defend a “pragmatic position” on immigration, assures their spokesperson, Ian Brossat. “No one can believe that we will stop immigration, a fortiori with climate change”, immediately affirms the deputy mayor of Paris. “Once we have admitted this reality, the subject arises in two ways: the first is to welcome with dignity those who seek refuge with us, which supposes having places accommodation in greater numbers to put an end to the camps that we know in a certain number of metropolises. »
READ ALSOImmigration: Terminal ready to discuss the “terms” of a residence permit for jobs in tensionSecondly, the elected communist calls for “integrating those who come to our territory to make them French”. “The question of language, employment and housing arises. Finally, “with regard to workers who are already on our territory, we are in favor of the regularization of undocumented migrants”, indicates Ian Brossat. “As for the rest, we are not in favor of bringing in workers with the aim of negatively affecting the working conditions of those who are already there”, explains the PCF spokesperson, who calls for “raise wages and improve working conditions”.