Yes, the sans-papiers, before taking it easy with a Sprtiz, will have to get to work! – Thibault Camus / AP / SIPA
“You have duties, before having rights,” replied Emmanuel Macron, arrested Friday in Nevers on the fate of undocumented migrants. “We don’t come by saying ‘we must be considered, we have rights’. We have a welcoming culture and things will go well if everyone does their duty, and says “I respect the rules, I try to fit in, I learn the language” “, said the head of the State.
“Things are not cheap. I have been taken to task on several occasions. France is taking its part in the immigration that there is today, we will continue to do so. We will continue to invest to accommodate and train, but those who arrive on our soil must also take their share of homework to make the effort on the language, to make the effort for training and then to have a work is the key, ”he added.
“Otherwise, all minds are set ablaze”
“At that time, we will collectively manage to pacify things, otherwise, all minds are set ablaze,” continued Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of a trip devoted to young people’s access to culture. “We are a generous country, but we must respect the rules, we cannot give papers to everyone,” said the Head of State.
“I’ve been waiting for eight years,” replied an undocumented. “It means you don’t meet the criteria. We take our part, but we cannot welcome everyone, ”replied Emmanuel Macron, in a sentence that seemed to echo the famous statement, in 1989 by Michel Rocard, then Socialist Prime Minister, that France does not. could not “harbor all the misery in the world”.