France’s Senate has today backed a bill to ban undocumented immigrants from getting married in France as the government seeks to clamp down on illegal immigration, in a draft law the left has described as unconstitutional.
The legislation backed by immigration hardliners Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau and Justice Minister Gerald Darmanin was approved by the French parliament’s upper house at first reading, with 227 votes in favour and 110 against.
The bill must now pass through the National Assembly lower house.
French authorities are seeking to tighten immigration policies and border controls in a move emblematic of the rightward shift in French politics following last summer’s legislative elections that resulted in a hung parliament.
