“We cannot decide on a migration policy simply according to economic needs”, judged Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux on RTL this Tuesday morning.
While several sectors welcome the government’s proposal to create a residence permit “jobs in tension“, the Medef does not wish to interfere in the debate. “We are ready to hire people, since we have hiring problems, but it is not up to the bosses to decide on migration policy“, estimated the boss of bosses Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux on RTL this Tuesday morning. For the president of the employers’ organization, “it is a subject of public debate, and it is up to politicians to do so“.
“Many professions are demanding» of this foreign workforce, conceded Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, in the first place those who are struggling to recruit, like the hotel industry, agriculture, catering or even construction. “But we cannot decide on a migration policy simply on the basis of economic needs. Because it is a subject of integration, of values. It’s a bigger topic“, he insisted.
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Last week, in an interview with World, Gérald Darmanin had announced the creation of such a residence permit. “Tomorrow, if a foreigner in an irregular situation says: “I want to work in a job in tension”, the Minister of Labor proposes to create a residence permit “job in tension”, to be defined. He will thus have adequate social protection.“, had explained the Minister of the Interior.
Geoffroy Roux de Bézieux, on the other hand, was more favorable to other measures proposed by the minister in this interview. Even though “we would have liked to discuss it before“, squeaked the boss of Medef. “He proposes that asylum seekers can work as soon as they arrive in France, provided that they come from a notoriously dangerous country, such as Afghanistan. (…) That’s I think a good idea“, he said. Likewise, “he suggests that bosses leave free time for employees to learn French during their working hours. We are ready to do it“, he added.