In Annecy, the assailant, who struck according to a known modus operandi, does not have the profile of the terrorists who have repeatedly bloodied French soil for more than ten years. A Syrian national, the individual did not want to kill in the name of Allah, but allegedly acted with a cross around his neck.

This appalling tragedy refers once again, whether we like it or not, to the migratory disorder that reigns in Europe and France. Like many exiles from the Middle East, this 32-year-old...