Nevertheless, the law is a response to the expectations of this huge part of the French population. Many are losing patience because they increasingly fault their state for leniency toward newcomers from outside Europe<\/strong>, especially from Muslim countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To say that France is struggling with illegal immigration is an understatement. According to the French Ministry of the Interior estimates, foreigners with nonregulated status number are between 600,000 and 900,000 (France has about 68 million inhabitants). A meager percentage of these immigrants legalize their stay, and the ghettoization of people from Africa and Asia is a common phenomenon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, the fundamental question is: To what extent does the new legal act tighten up migration regulations? The law simplifies a range of procedures, including the deportation of foreigners who have entered into conflict with the French judicature. The powers of the police and gendarmerie have been increased when it comes to border control<\/strong> (and the alleged and non-alleged brutality of these French services has become the subject of legend in the world).<\/p>\n\n\n\n However, at the same time, the new law aims at improving the integration of foreigners with the Republic. If one of them applies for a residence document, now they must sign an agreement obliging them to respect the principles of the French state<\/strong>. These principles include fundamental aspects of modern Western civilization such as gender equality, freedom of speech, and freedom of conscience. This can be interpreted as the Republic\u2018s efforts to regulate those followers of Islam, for whom the rules of Sharia are more important than Western liberal values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the West, two main immigration models are usually distinguished: the Anglo-Saxon and the French<\/strong>. The former emphasizes multiculturalism, which means that it is important that immigrants can preserve their distinct cultural identities<\/a>. In contrast, the priority in the latter is assimilation, that is, the integration \u2013 especially cultural \u2013 of immigrants with the native inhabitants of the country in which they reside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The roots of the French model lie in the history of France. As it is known, the breakthrough moment in this country\u2019s past was the revolution of 1789, which laid the foundations for the Republic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before that, France was ruled by kings, and its elites were a cosmopolitan aristocracy. Under the scepter of monarchs, the French were not a national community but formed a collectivity of separate regional identities united by the Bourbon crown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nation-creating processes were only ignited by the revolution of 1789, which was motivated \u2013 to use today\u2019s jargon \u2013 by inclusivism. Under the slogan \u201cLiberty, Equality, Fraternity,\u201d on the ruins of feudalism, the people were to be empowered<\/a> \u2013 among other things, through the popularization of education (although it spread out over time).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thus, French nationalism went hand in hand with the democratization of French society<\/strong>. This is a significant remark, because today in the West, nationalism is attributed to the right, i.e. to conservative and \u201creactive\u201d forces. Meanwhile, in France at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries \u2013 but also later \u2013 nationalism was progressive<\/strong> \u2013 aimed at the heritage of the monarchy and the Catholic Church (and so it was in other European countries).<\/p>\n\n\n\n A \u201cplot twist\u201d occured in the 20th century. French nationalism has shifted towards the right-wing direction. But first of all, it is necessary to focus not on ideological ferment, but on social changes after World War II. And here we come to immigration issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We recommend:<\/strong> SNAFU: Sweden at War with the Suburbs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Immigrants](\"https:\/\/holistic.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/immigrants-in-France-2-1024x576.jpg\")
Better Integration of Foreigners?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The French (R)evolution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n