France is to clear out some migrant tent camps, impose quotas for migrant worker...
PARIS - France is to clear out some migrant tent camps, impose quotas for migrant workers and deny newly-arrived asylum seekers access to non-urgent healthcare, in a drive to show voters President Emmanuel Macron is heeding their concerns about immigration.
Polling shows her popularity is rising with voters while Macron — though still in the lead — is slipping back. “I think we have found the right balance between reassuring our citizens and not giving ground to populism,” he said. Philippe also said the test for acquiring French citizenship would be made more exacting, and that the government would aim to process asylum applications within six months.
France has the largest Muslim minority in Western Europe, and a large proportion of its immigrant population are from Muslim countries.
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