Tag: immigration-and-diversity
“Calling on more foreign labor has become a vital necessity”
Lhe current debates illustrate this: immigration tends to be approached exclusively through a social and political prism, and far too little through an economic prism. Parasited by security and identity…
On social benefits for foreigners, Emmanuel Macron’s contradiction
During a demonstration by undocumented delivery workers in front of the French Office for Immigration and Integration, in Paris, December 8, 2023. THOMAS SAMSON/AFP Since its adoption in Parliament, the…
at La Halte Saint-Jean, undocumented immigrants wonder where to go, after the closure order
Signs at the entrance to the La Halte Saint-Jean warehouse while undocumented Emmaüs workers are on strike, in Saint-André-Lez-Lille (North), November 21, 2023. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP Thursday January 4,…
“Immigration law is narrow, flawed and economically dangerous”
VSPublic debate on immigration in France has long focused on security and identity issues. When the economy is discussed, it is always in reaction to an electoralist and populist agenda:…
the Northern prefecture orders the closure of Halte Saint-Jean, on strike for six months, as a “protective measure”
Signs in front of the entrance to Halte Saint-Jean, in Saint-André-lez-Lille, November 21, 2023. SAMEER AL-DOUMY / AFP The Northern prefecture ordered, Wednesday January 3, the closure of the Emmaüs…
“The immigration law breaks with the principles of Social Security”
Lhe immigration law adopted on December 19 constitutes a political break on many levels which would amply justify its rapid abandonment. One of them is the area of social policies.…
“The French immigration regime, prisoner of the past, turns its back on its interests”
Foreign students during Welcome Day, the welcome day for international students at the University of Lorraine, in Nancy, September 21, 2023. ALEXANDRE MARCHI / PHOTOPQR / THE REPUBLICAN EAST /…
“A real debate on immigration would not leave the definition of objectives and priorities to the far right”
Marine Le Pen is not wrong. The December 19 immigration law represents an ideological victory for her and her party. It in fact establishes a “national preference”, a central element…
the call of more than 5,000 health professionals
NOTWe, women and men in the health, social, care and research professions, wish to place the President of the Republic and his government before their immense responsibility, and to alert…
“The national preference voted in the Assembly will reinforce racist stereotypes”
OWe find many things in the National Archives of the World of Work, in Roubaix (North), notably the personal documents of worker-priests, like those of Francis Philippe. During an “immigrant…
UN appeals for $46.4 billion in 2024
Conflicts, climate emergencies, economic collapses: the prospects are “dark” for 2024, warns the United Nations (UN) on Monday, December 11. The institution is launching an appeal for $46.4 billion (43.1…
A report reinforces state medical aid, while recommending its tightening
Does State medical aid (AME) have an “attractive effect”? Should we modify the care covered by this health coverage which, by mid-2023, benefited nearly 440,000 undocumented foreigners? Does a reform…