The prefecture of Val-de-Marne is in the sights of associations denouncing administrative slowness in the processing of residence permit applications for foreigners. Demonstrations have already taken place in front of the prefecture in Créteil.
A tightening of the administrative treatment of foreigners, even in order, is emerging in Nantes. An internal police note reveals an unprecedented procedure that is causing teeth to grind.
In France, the control of immigration is more than ever at the heart of the policy of the government of François Bayrou, after the attack that occurred on Saturday, February 22 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), in which a 37-year-old Algerian in an irregular situation is accused of having killed with a knife one person and injured seven others.
The suspension of US financial aid to Morocco is affecting several important projects in the areas of health, education and migration.
In France, there is another reason for which the prefectural authorities could withdraw the residence permits of non-European foreigners.
While immigration remains the favorite theme of the Rassemblement national (RN) which often proposes to stop it, the Franco-Moroccan comedian Jamel Debbouze claims that it brings in a lot of money to France every year.
French Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, now supports the ban on marriages between French and "irregular foreigners" and supports a bill that will be examined on February 20 in the Senate.
The French Prime Minister, François Bayrou, considers the debate on the right of soil, suggested by his Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, to be too "too narrow". He wants a "broader" debate on "what it means to be French". If the reform goes through, it will probably be harder for Moroccans to obtain French nationality.
As in 2023, Moroccans are at the top of the countries that benefited from residence permits in France last year.
Three Moroccan workers working on wine estates in the Libournais region of Gironde have just filed a complaint against their employer, whom they accuse of fraud and human trafficking.
20 years ago, storks were numerous in migrating to Africa, specifically Morocco, Tunisia and Mali at the end of the summer to spend the winter there and even feed. Today, it is rarer to observe them.
The French government wants fewer regularizations of undocumented immigrants. A text has been adopted in this sense to toughen the conditions.