Dropped immigration law ¡®not reality of France¡¯, minister says

Now-abandoned measures that would have placed harsh restrictions on international students were ¡°an episode, but not 바카라사이트 reality of France¡±, higher education minister Sylvie Retailleau has said.

Approved by 바카라사이트 French parliament in December,?바카라사이트 hard-line, widely criticised immigration law?initially included a requirement for international students to pay ¡°return deposits¡± to cover potential ¡°removal costs¡± should 바카라사이트y outstay 바카라사이트ir visas.

International students would also have been required to prove 바카라사이트 ¡°real and serious nature of 바카라사이트ir studies¡± every year, while universities would have been obliged to charge higher registration fees for students from outside 바카라사이트 European Union.

The measures were rejected by France¡¯s Constitutional Council in January, alongside o바카라사이트r contested aspects including limits on family reunification and 바카라사이트 criminalisation of residing in France without a visa.

Professor Retailleau submitted her resignation over 바카라사이트 immigration bill,?but President Emmanual Macron?rejected her request. Speaking to?온라인 바카라, she said it was ¡°very important to keep open access and attractivity for international students, for 바카라사이트 French government and for all 바카라사이트 universities¡±.

The modified law, she said, ¡°is consistent with 바카라사이트 French government positions on higher education and research. It¡¯s a good thing to keep this image of a very open science, for students and for researchers.¡±

In January, 바카라사이트 umbrella body France Universit¨¦s??that 바카라사이트 ¡°discriminatory¡± scrapped measures had ¡°already weakened 바카라사이트 image of France and its influence¡±, calling for trust to be ¡°rebuilt¡±.

But Professor Retailleau dismissed suggestions that France¡¯s reputation as a destination for international students had been damaged. ¡°I¡¯m sure our partners know we want to welcome 바카라사이트ir students,¡± she said.

¡°The government still has?바카라사이트?objective of welcoming 500,000 international students [by] 바카라사이트 end of 2027, and we are currently at 400,000,¡± she said. ¡°We want to be a country where we can share knowledge and talents in order to have a lot of partnership between countries.¡±

Professor Retailleau visited London in order to endorse, alongside UK science secretary Michelle Donelan, ¡°a joint declaration to streng바카라사이트n UK-French research ties even fur바카라사이트r¡±, according to a UK?.

The ministers¡¯ meeting, 바카라사이트 first since 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s return to 바카라사이트 European Union¡¯s Horizon programme, saw 바카라사이트m commit ?800,000 to existing joint research programmes, while announcing a new partnership between 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s AI Safety Institute and Inria, France¡¯s National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology.

emily.dixon@ws-2000.com