Exits from the territorywhether voluntary or forced departures of foreigners in an irregular situation, have increased by 20% in the first eight months of 2022 compared to the same period of the previous year, he said. we learned on Saturday from the Ministry of the Interior.
From January to August 2022, according to figures from the interior ministrythere were 12,708 exits from the territory (compared to 10,574 during the same period of 2021), half of which (7,627) were forced departures.
A new bill in early 2023
Among the forced departures, 3,083 took place to third countries such as the countries of the Magrebup 46% compared to the same period of 2021. Over the whole of 2021, according to data from Place Beauvau, all “removals” of foreigners in an irregular situation increased by 8 .2% compared to 2020 (13,403 once morest 12,384) but remained very far from the pre-Covid level of 2019, with 23,746 evictions.
On September 15, before the prefects, President Emmanuel Macron announced that the new asylum and immigration bill prepared by the Minister of the Interior would be presented in early 2023.