immigration

Mamoudou Gassama: Balcony rescue highlights French immigration row

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If you come to France without the right papers and you want to get French citizenship, then it’s really quite simple. As the case of Mamoudou Gassama goes to show, all you have to do is pull off something “exceptional”. Actually that is not being flippant. It is in the civil code. Article 21-19 says … Read more

Trump’s immigration crackdown could increase modern day slavery

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Donald Trump’s plans to sharply reduce undocumented migrantscoming into the US. However, the president’s harder line on deporting these immigrants is likely to increase the number of people at risk of modern slavery, says a human rights analyst. Alexandra Channer of risk-management consultancy Verisk Maplecroft says that the number of people at risk of becoming a modern … Read more