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France to 'take back control' of immigration policy
Macron government says it will crack down on illegal migrants and fix quotas for foreign workers
French president Emmanuel Macron’s government has pledged to “take back control” of immigration policy, cracking down on illegal migrants and preparing quotas for foreign workers in an initiative designed to win voters from far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
“We’ve decided to go far in opening up where we think it’s good for France, and go far in restrictions where the abuses are intolerable,” Edouard Philippe, Macron’s prime minister, said in Paris on Wednesday as he outlined the new policy flanked by four ministers.
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