Macron denounces 'misuse' of right to asylum in Europe

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Macron denounces 'misuse' of right to asylum in Europe

"In all of our countries we are witnessing a misuse of the right to asylum," Macron said.

MENA

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�� Staff & Agencies

10 November, 2020

Macron spoke during a meeting with fellow European leaders. [Getty]

French President on Tuesday denounced the "misuse" of Europe's asylum system by people seeking to enter the continent for sinister reasons.

"In all of our countries we are witnessing a misuse of the right to asylum" by traffickers, criminal gangs, or people from countries "which are not at war", Macron said after a meeting with fellow European leaders to discuss the terror threat to the EU.

Last month, a Chechen militant with asylum status outside Paris and two weeks later, a Tunisian who came to France on a migrant boat via Italy killed three people at a church in Nice.

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