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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
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Alasdair Soussi

What’s so controversial about France’s new immigration bill?

A man holds a placard as people gather in front of the Eiffel Tower to attend a march against the immigration law, nicknamed 'Darmanin law', in Paris [Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters]

A controversial new French immigration bill which has sparked popular protests will come before the country’s Constitutional Council on Thursday.

On Sunday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against President Emmanuel Macron’s legislation, which the National Assembly passed last month by 349 votes to 186.

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