France set to tighten immigration law after court scraps some measures - BBC News

The government vows to push through the law, despite many measures being struck out.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Mohammed Badra/EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockImage caption, Protesters gathered in central Paris on Thursday holding a banner saying "No-one is illegal"By Paul KirbyBBC NewsThe French government says it will push through a controversial immigration law "in the coming hours", despite many of the measures being struck out as invalid.

Most of the 35 measures rejected by France's nine-member Constitutional Council were added to the bill because of right-wing and far-right pressure.

But the new law still represents a hardening of the immigration rules.

Foreigners legally in France could now be deported with criminal convictions.

Even those who came to France before they were 13 or those who have lived in France for more than 20 years could be expelled if they are given substantial jail terms and deemed to be a "grave threat to public order".

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