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Radio France Internationale
Radio France Internationale
National
Alison Hird

Does France's hard-line immigration law breach the constitution?

Left-wing MPs hold signs reading "liberte", "egalite" and "fraternite", the national motto of France, following the adoption of a bill to control immigration in the National Assembly on 19 December, 2023. © AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN

A top French court is reviewing the government's controversial immigration reform to check that measures toughening the treatment of non-EU migrants do not breach France's constitution. RFI looks at what the legal experts will be considering – and what they might rule has to change.

A toughened revision of the government's immigration bill was passed on 19 December thanks to support from the right-wing Republicans (LR). It was also backed by Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally (RN).

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