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Multimedia debate on national identity
As France's Ministry for Immigration and Integration launches a multimedia debate to define what exactly it is to be French, FRANCE 24 takes a look at what tests immigrants face when they apply to live in France.
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Immigration minister launches great debate on 'national identity'
France's minister of immigration and national identity, Eric Besson (left of centre), has launched a debate on French national identity. The opposition, however, has denounced the move as a purely political exercise ahead of March regional elections.
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Immigration minister launches nationwide debate on 'national identity'
Immigration Minister Eric Besson has kicked off a three-month countrywide debate on France's "national identity", a move polls say is backed by sixty percent of French voters.
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Poll shows most French back 'National identity' debate
Sixty percent of French voters support a plan put forward by Immigration Minister Eric Besson for a vast public debate on France's "national identity", a poll published on Sunday shows.
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EUROPE
EU considers chartering flights to send illegal immigrants home
EU leaders, at a summit in Brussels, have proposed that the Union's border service pay for chartered flights for illegal immigrants back to their country of origin.
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Rights group slams French child migrant policy
Human Rights Watch has called on France to scrap its policy of detaining and deporting unaccompanied migrant children who fly into Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport. French Immigration Minister Eric Besson (pictured) criticised the group's report.
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Debate on French national identity causes controversy
Immigration Minister Eric Besson’s call for a national debate about French identity has drawn criticism from the left-leaning press. Is this just a bid to win over voters from the far-right Front National party?
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The World This Week, October 23rd, 2009, Part 2
The World This Week: France & UK expel Afghans via charter flight, should UK far-right leader Nick Griffen be on air? Democracy, Tunisian-style
IMMIGRATION - FRANCE
Security fears spark fresh controversy in Afghan deportation row
French immigration officials face fresh criticisms over Wednesday’s deportation of Afghan migrants following reports that the three men hailed from dangerous areas of the war-torn country.
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DNA evidence may help resolve case of 4-year-old Grégory, murdered in 1984
A medical laboratory in Lyon has identified two traces of DNA that could help authorities to solve the mystery of who murdered 4-year-old Grégory Villemin 25 years ago.
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