{"id":1051458,"date":"2021-11-24T09:59:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T14:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051458"},"modified":"2021-11-24T09:59:23","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T14:59:23","slug":"france-estimates-illegal-migrant-population-between-600-700000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-estimates-illegal-migrant-population-between-600-700000\/","title":{"rendered":"France Estimates Illegal Migrant Population Between 600-700,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrance-estimates-illegal-migrant-population-between-600-700000%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1051458&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1229754642-e1637701383359-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin has claimed that there may be as many as 700,000 migrants living in France who do not have valid residency papers.<\/p>\n<p>The French interior minister claimed that the figure was, in fact, quite low for a major European country, noting the illegal immigrant population of the United Kingdom was estimated at between 1 and 1.5 million.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFrance has far fewer illegal immigrants than most of the major countries in Europe, starting with Great Britain: between 1 and 1.5 million against 600,000 to 700,000 for us,\u201d Darmanin told French media this week, newspaper<em> La Provence<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.laprovence.com\/actu\/en-direct\/6567944\/la-france-compte-600000-a-700000-sans-papiers-selon-darmanin.html#xtor=Nonli\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Exact figures for illegal immigrants are not known, but Darmanin\u2019s statistics are likely based on the State Medical Aid (AME) system which gives healthcare to illegal immigrants living in French territory.<\/p>\n<p>In September, a report noted that France intended to spend as much as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2021\/09\/23\/france-to-spend-one-billion-euros-on-healthcare-for-illegal-migrants-in-2022\/\">\u20ac1 billion<\/a> (\u00a3860 million\/$1.17 billion) on the AME system in 2022, up from the previous budget of&nbsp; \u20ac990 (\u00a3850 million\/$1.162 billion) from this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6792452830189\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">France to Spend One Billion Euros on Healthcare for Illegal Migrants in 2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/veinLMv8tE\">https:\/\/t.co\/veinLMv8tE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1441347705553375239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The estimation of up to 700,000 illegals is a drastic increase from figures presented by former Interior Minister&nbsp;G\u00e9rard Collomb, who in 2017 stated that there were only 300,000 illegal immigrants living in France.<\/p>\n<p>Professor J\u00e9r\u00f4me Wittwer, an author of a report on illegal migration, had claimed in 2019 that the number could be far higher than official estimates, stating that only one in two illegals applied for AME and that the real number of illegal immigrants in France could be double the official estimates.<\/p>\n<p>The total cost of mass migration in France per year is also disputed, but a 2020 Court of Auditors&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/05\/08\/hold-mass-migration-cost-france-6-6-billion-euros-2019\/\">report<\/a> claimed that the country had spent&nbsp;\u20ac6.57 billion (\u00a35.77bn\/$7.09bn) on immigration in 2019, a figure 48 per cent higher than in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Populist&nbsp;National Rally leader Marine Le Pen, one of the leading candidates for next year\u2019s presidential elections, stated at the time that the overall figure could be much higher and estimated that the state was spending&nbsp;\u20ac70 billion (\u00a361bn\/$76bn) when all costs were totalled.<\/p>\n<h5><span data-darkreader-inline-color><em><strong><span class=\"a-size-large\">Follow Chris Tomlinson on Twitter at&nbsp;<span data-darkreader-inline-color><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomlinsonCJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@TomlinsonCJ<\/a>&nbsp;<\/span>or email at&nbsp;ctomlinson(at)breitbart.com<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Interior Minister G\u00e9rald Darmanin has claimed that there may be as many as 700,000 migrants living in France who do not have valid residency papers. 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