Government spokesman Olivier Veran maintained the goal of meeting all commitments to leave French territory a week after the brutal killing of 12-year-old Lola on Sunday. This promise, mentioned by Emmanuel Macron in an interview with Current Values in October 2019, has been repeatedly recalled by the right and the far right in recent days. But official figures show less than 10% performance for the 125,000 events announced in 2020.
“We really want to achieve this common goalOlivier Veran assured in an interview with CNews-Europe1-Les Échos. A spokesperson clarified that the performance of the OQTFs “has increased dramatically this year“. “For example, this year, compared to last year, we did 20 times on the issue of deporting Algerians“, he remarked. The government, in particular, claims that 2020 was turned upside down by the advent of Covid-19. A sign that the entity is embarrassing the government, the OQTF compliance rate has not been reported since 2021.
“What is congestion? it does not stem from our ability to deport people who no longer have a place in the national territory, from blocking, it stems from the ability of receiving countries to accept people under their nationality.“, the spokesperson of the government elaborated. He assured that the government is working.”diligently with all countries“concerned by citing”including Algeria, Morocco“.
Source: Le Figaro
