The French National Assembly has passed a tough new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum.

The Bill shortens asylum application deadlines, doubles the time for which illegal migrants can be detained, and introduces a one-year prison sentence for entering France illegally.


President Emmanuel Macron's governing centrist party says the bill will speed up the process of claiming asylum.


But opposition figures and human rights groups say the measures go too far.


The bill passed by 228 votes to 139, with 24 abstentions, after more than 60 hours of debate over the weekend and hundreds of amendments.





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