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French immigration rules to be reviewed as far right weaponises murder

A French police officer looks at a migrant tent on Place Saint-Gervais near Paris City Hall, France [File: Abdul Saboor/Reuters]

France’s interior minister has signalled he will push for tighter immigration policies as the far right seeks to use a gruesome murder to put pressure on the government.

Addressing the arrest of a Moroccan man for the murder of a 19-year-old female student, Bruno Retailleau said on Wednesday that the “abominable crime” required not just rhetoric, but action, as far-right parties demanded when commenting on the case.

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