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FRENCH lawmakers will continue to discuss a set of changes to immigration law in early December after the Senate passed a list of repressive articles on November 14.
Among the measures passed is a right-wing-backed amendment to scrap State Medical Assistance (Aide Medicale de l’Etat, AME), a programme that grants undocumented migrants the right to access healthcare.
Other motions passed by the Senate include new restrictions on accessing social services and limits to the protection of undocumented workers. Worryingly, they also comprise a number of measures which represent a threat to the needs and rights of children.
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