A “ festival of horrors “. Various associations that defend human rights or the rights of immigrants denounce the ongoing debates in the Senate, in the framework of the immigration bill, under discussion since Monday 6 November.
The elimination of State Medical Assistance (AME), or even social benefits for immigrants present in France for less than five years, are” scandalized » from the content of the debates, reports Agence France Presse.
The associations ask to “block” this bill
Organizations now hope ” to block » to this bill, which will be voted on in the Senate this Tuesday 14 November. The senators tightened the initial text, adding several amendments repressiveand removing articles considered more left-wing.
“The Senate text represents a change in nature. We have been witnessing restrictive migration policies for 40 years. Well, it’s something else, both in the measures adopted and in the tone of the debates », worried about theAFP Pasquale Bricepresident of the Federation of Solidarity Actors, which brings together 870 associations and organisations.
A “regression” according to Doctors of the World
Because another tip measure, which should regularize undocumented workers carrying out stressful jobs, has been replaced by a more restrictive one, which makes the conditions for regularization more stringent. “We have a broken back », declared the president of the collective of undocumented immigrants of Montreuil Mody Diawara,
Another measure removed: Medicare, reserved for undocumented immigrants, replaced by “emergency healthcare” with a restricted basket of care. ” We are dismayed. It marks a regression on something fundamental “, second Cristiana Reboulcontact person for migration at Doctors of the World.
This group of associations is now calling to block” to this bill to the National Assembly, where it will have to be discussed starting from 11 December.
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