Laws on Immigration
After the Pasqua laws which have shown their evil and inhuman effects,
comes the Debre law. They are the same repressive and aggressive politics
which are carried on for the worse, casting suspicion on the foreigner.
Immigration becomes a threat, foreigners a danger. For the last 15 years
neither the Left nor the Right wing in Parliament have dared to take a positive
and audacious position on immigration. This is because of the racist atmosphere
with elections in view and for fear of the National Front (extreme right).
Have we to repeat that immigration is not a major problem in France, that
foreigners should not become scapegoats of the economic crisis, that they
are not a threat to our country?
A policy which shuts its borders is turning its back on the future. It solves
nothing but will prompt a new "St Bernard's" (the church where
disenfranchised people took refuge).
The Debre law does not speak well for this country's history on Human Rights.
The picture France now gives abroad is tarnished. I am ashamed of my country.
Jacques Gaillot
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