The vast majority of French people, 84 percent, want a total suspension of visas for Algerian nationals until their country agrees to take back nationals who have been issued deportation orders.
The poll, conducted by CSA for CNEWS, the JDD and Europe 1, shows once again that the French overwhelmingly back immigration policies that their governments never deliver on. The poll comes at a time of sharp tensions between Paris and Algiers, including Algeria refusing to take back deportees.
According to a CSA poll for CNEWS, the JDD and Europe 1, published this Wednesday, February 26, 84% of French people want the total suspension of visas for Algerian nationals until their country agrees to take back its nationals under OQTF.
The figures show that there is little difference according to gender and age categories. For example, women and men back the measure, 84 percent and 83 percent, respectively. The age groups 50 to 64 as well as 18 to 24 both support this measure at particularly high levels, 87 percent and 86 percent.
Although not asked in the survey, it would be interesting to know how many French would like to see a complete suspension of Algerian visas regardless of whether they take back Algerians with a deportation order.
Notably, many French voters on the left also support the measure with strong majorities. The Greens, for example, back the measure at 69 percent, just one point off from Socialist Party supporters.
Supporters of the far-left La France Insoumise were largely split on the issue.
Previous polls highlight how the French want drastic cuts to immigration levels. Last year, a poll from CSA, which was conducted for Europe 1, CNews and the Journal du Dimanche, showed that 48 percent of French people want zero immigrants coming — that means not a single migrant entering French territory. It represented a 7-point jump compared to the same poll conducted in October 2021. In that previous poll, only 41 percent of French said they were in favor of zero immigration.
In an Ifop poll from 2022, almost three-quarters of respondents believe that immigration costs France more than it brings in, while seven out of 10 further claim that the country no longer has the means to welcome immigrants. The impact of immigrants on the public sphere is perceived as negative by 64 percent of respondents.
A clear majority of French people, representing 60 percent, believe that welcoming foreigners is no longer possible because of differences in values and problems of cohabitation. An almost identical share believes that massive immigration plays a negative role in defining French identity and for the cohesion of society.
"Do you want to f**k me?"
This French woman can't even enjoy a morning on the beach without being sexually harassed.
This migrant man was arrested shortly after this incident for choking and assaulting another woman. pic.twitter.com/4PONWl4PR9
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