France plans to introduce a new immigration law in 2025 to strengthen immigration control

France's new right-wing government is accelerating immigration policy reform, and plans to pass a new immigration bill in 2025 to strengthen border control and immigration governance.

"There needs to be a new law," government spokesman Maud Bregeon told French television BFMTV on Sunday, AFP reported.

French politics has moved further to the right since legislative elections in the summer, with parliament deadlocked. The new government is led by conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier, who plans to submit a new immigration bill to parliament in early 2025.

The case of a Moroccan man suspected of raping and killing a female university student in September has sparked widespread debate in France about immigration. The administration plans to step up deportations of illegal immigrants by extending the detention period for undocumented immigrants.

One of the central initiatives of the new bill is to extend the maximum detention period for undocumented immigrants from 90 days to 210 days. At present, this period of detention only applies to terror suspects.

Mr. Breillon added that the government was exploring more possible provisions and that "there should be no taboos when it comes to protecting the French people."

The previous immigration bill was passed by the French parliament in December, but was rejected by the Constitutional Council because some of its provisions were too strict. Nevertheless, the new government plans to use the vetoed measures as the basis for a new bill to be put back on the agenda with modifications.

While the new government is committed to tightening immigration laws, Gabriel Attal, parliamentary leader of Macron's centrist Renaissance party, said a new immigration bill was "not an absolute priority."

Atal argued: "There is no point in legislating for the sake of legislating... It is imperative that action is taken to give the state real control over who can enter and who can leave France."