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France Not to Change Welcoming Migrant Policy After Paris Attacks

© AFP 2023 / PHILIPPE HUGUENA man walks past a banner reading "Pray for Deir Ezzor" at the migrant camp known as the "Jungle" in Calais on December 7, 2015
A man walks past a banner reading Pray for Deir Ezzor at the migrant camp known as the Jungle in Calais on December 7, 2015 - Sputnik International
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French Ambassador to Russia Jean-Maurice Ripert said that French society had been molded throughout history by numerous waves of immigration.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — France will not change its policy toward migrants after the tragic events in Paris, but this applies only to legal immigrants, French Ambassador to Russia Jean-Maurice Ripert said Thursday.

On November 13, Islamic terrorists conducted a series of coordinated attacks in the French capital, killing 130 people and injuring over 360, many critically. The Islamic State jihadist group (ISIL, or Daesh in Arabic), outlawed in Russia and many other countries, claimed responsibility for the attack. The tragedy triggered fears of extremists entering Europe disguised as refugees.

"Secularism allows us to accept our differences and live together. We have a lot of mixed marriages. Although, sometimes, migration creates social tensions, it contributes to our economic development and our cultural life. France and Europe will remain open to legal migrants," he wrote on Facebook.

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The ambassador recalled that French society had been molded throughout history by numerous waves of immigration.

Following the Paris attacks, French President Francois Hollande said that France remains committed to receiving some 30,000 refugees over the next two years as part of the EU mandatory quota system to relocate 160,000 refugees residing in Italy, Greece and Hungary throughout the bloc's member states.

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