THE QUESTION
.
Gérald Darmanin seems to adopt the maxim attributed to his distant colleague from Foreign Affairs Talleyrand when the latter declared: “
When I look at myself, I feel sorry;
when I compare myself, I console myself
”.
In this case, certainly aware that the number of illegal immigrants in France, in absolute value, would hardly be credited to him, the Minister of the Interior preferred to consider that these figures were even much higher elsewhere in Europe. .
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France would have “
600,000 to 700,000
” people in an irregular situation on its territory, he estimated in an interview given to
Le Parisien
on Sunday
.
"
France has a lot less illegal immigrants than most of the big countries of Europe, starting with Great Britain: between 1 and 1.5 million
", he specifies.
Are these figures correct?
Can France actually boast of having fewer illegal immigrants than its neighbors?
CHECKS
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The first question
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