France’s lawmakers are examining a draft immigration law that threatens to limit rights of asylum seekers and migrants, Human Rights Watch said today.

Opponents of France's immigration law carry models of migrants at Trocadero Plaza near Eiffel Tower during a protest in Paris, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024.

Undocumented workers stand behind a banner claiming for documents during a rally against France's new immigration law in front of the Church of Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois in Paris, Jan. 25, 2024.

By linking immigration to the riots, Retailleau violated France’s near-sacred value of universality by which all citizens, whatever their origin, are recognized only as French.

The new text makes being in France without the proper immigration papers an offence, a change demanded by the right. However, the offence is classified as minor and cannot be punished by prison time.

The French Parliament passed a new immigration law Tuesday aimed at controlling immigration and improving integration. The law, which was approved by the commission mixte paritaire (CMP) introduces ...

I t's a global reality, a human rights and social issue, and, in France, a political instrument. Immigration issues require an open, rational and, if possible, peaceful debate. While France has ...