VShow did we get here? From an issue that no longer appeared or almost appeared among the main concerns of the French just over two years ago, immigration seems to have once again become the alpha and omega of French politics. It has taken on such importance for the government and parliamentarians that they had adopted, in December 2023, in unprecedented legislative chaos, a text strongly reworked and toughened by the most reactionary opposition, many points of which are detrimental to the rights and freedoms of exiled people.
However, as noted the National Consultative Commission on Human Rights (CNCDH) in its latest annual report, studies show a rise in “tolerance towards migrantss ». The institution notes, however, and paradoxically, the “crossing a threshold in the way racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic themes are expressed in political and media debate” : news items are blown out of proportion and diverted by continuous news channels, which provide a series of controversial broadcasts, the positions of editorialists are becoming more radical, small violent and racist groups are misinforming and intimidating elected officials in favor of the settlement of migrants in their municipality.
Anti-migrant sentiment is increasingly widespread in France and, far from easing tensions, the tweets of the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, who daily display his ” score “ of migrants expelled from France in X, further accentuate this impression. Especially since the minister has clearly shown his desire to oppose the decisions of the European Court of Human Rights on some of these issues.
A vision guided only by a security perspective
In a few months, the exiled people have borne the brunt of these amalgamations: they no longer appear as anything other than a threat that must be guarded against.
This is clearly the general philosophy which emanates from all the points of this iniquitous law whose vision is only guided by a security perspective. It is no longer a question of “humanity and firmness” initially announced by President Macron, but indeed a text of withdrawal at all levels.
So much so that, in a completely incongruous way, we were able to hear representatives of the executive, at the highest level, themselves recognizing that certain provisions of the law were probably not in conformity with the Constitution – and hoping that They will be censored by the Constitutional Council. This situation could almost make you smile, if it were not, in the background, the daily life of hundreds of thousands of people, who will be directly or indirectly affected by this legislative tightening.
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