Managed migration in France
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Sarkozy visits Africa amidst accusations of racism
The African Solidarity for Democracy and Independence has called Sarkozy's visit to Mali in May to discuss immigration, development and Africa-related policies, a 'provocation' describing the new immigration law as 'fundamentally racist'.
18 May 2006 (146 words)
Campaign against disposable immigration formed
On May 13, thousands of people demonstrated in Paris against 'disposable immigration'.
17 May 2006 (156 words)
Foreign marriages and the 'riots'
Since the urban disturbances of November and December 2005, the government has brought in laws that make it more difficult to bring in foreign partners from abroad.
12 May 2006 (247 words)
New legislation hinders Muslim integration
Fouad Alaoui, vice-president of The Union of Islamic Organisations in France, says that new legislation targets Muslims in general and he predicts that, in the run up to the 2007 presidential elections, things will get worse for Muslims.
8 May 2006 (77 words)
Immigration reform promotes 'selective immigration'
New immigration legislation, passed by the parliamentary lower house in May, though subjected to 400 amendments, is aimed at encouraging the selective migration of skilled immigrants while tightening the rules for existing immigrants to bring in foreign partners and family members.
8 May 2006 (218 words)
Action plan to promote tolerance and social cohesion
The secretary general of the High Council on Integration has delivered a plan of action and a report on civic responsibility for achieving social cohesion.
18 December 2004 (177 words)
Villepin announces plans to build a French Islam
Courses at two Paris campuses and intensive language classes will be made available to Muslim prayer leaders so as to train them in French law, civics, history and culture as from Autumn 2005 in a bid to build a moderate 'French Islam' that respects human rights and the Republican code, according to the interior minister.
10 December 2004 (158 words)
Giscard d'Estaing backs call for 'privileged partnership' with Turkey
The chief architect of the European Constitution, Valery Giscard d'Estaing has joined those calling for a 'privileged partnership' for Turkey as opposed to full EU membership.
28 November 2004 (102 words)
Reports say France has failed its immigrants
Two reports, one by the auditors' court and one by business leaders, say that more active measures are needed to help to integrate the millions of Arab and African immigrants who have settled in France since the 1960s.
26 November 2004 (125 words)
Sikh schoolboys expelled
Three Sikh students aged 14, 17, and 18, have been expelled from Elysée Louise Michel in Bobigny, north-east of Paris because of the turban ban - under the new dispensation banning religious insignia in schools.
10 November 2004 (112 words)
Sarkozy wants state funding of mosques
Sarkozy, widely tipped as a presidential candidate in 2007, has said in a book, The Republic, Religions, Hope, that the 1905 secularity law should be updated so that the state could help to fund official mosques.
6 November 2004 (71 words)
Two girls expelled for headscarves
Two pupils aged 12 and 13 were expelled from a Mulhouse school in eastern France after refusing to remove their headscarves.
21 October 2004 (80 words)
Referendum on Turkey draws anger
Following a poll by IPSOS for Le Figaro which showed that 36 per cent were in favour and 56 per cent against the mainly Muslim Turkey joining the EU, France has decided to allow its population to have a veto on Turkey joining.
8 October 2004 (171 words)
'Marshall aid' plan for Muslim ghettos
France has announced a £8.7 billion programme to tackle unemployment, disaffection and increasing religious extremism in Muslim-dominated ghettos.
22 September 2004 (97 words)
Veiled pupil educated in Belgium
A 12-year-old girl, Hilal, excluded from two public colleges in Thann (Bas-Rhin) last year because she refused to remove her scarf, is being educated this year in Belgium.
10 September 2004 (38 words)
Headscarf defiance played down to secure hostage release
According to the Education Minister, about one hundred Muslim girls were refusing to take off their headscarves when the ban which took effect as the new academic year started.
10 September 2004 (214 words)
Sikh community in uproar
As state schools reopened this Autumn, the small Sikh community was in uproar after five boys were refused entry to state schools under the new law.
10 August 2004 (111 words)
Fire and protest forces politicians to acknowledge social exclusion
'No Justice, No Peace' was one of the slogans on the 1,500-strong march of inhabitants from the Petit Bard high rise estate in Montpelier where a fire caused the death of one person and made 19 families homeless.
8 August 2004 (175 words)
French Muslims prepare for headscarf show down
France's Muslim activists were considering a variety of avenues from court cases, school boycotts and advice hotlines, to deal with the ban on Islamic headscarves in state schools which began in September 2004.
5 July 2004 (88 words)
High Council on Integration establishes statistics centre
On 2 July, the minister for social cohesion, Jean-Louis Borloo officiated in the setting up of an observatory to clarify statistics on immigration and integration - as the office for international migration was axed.
5 July 2004 (104 words)
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