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France's Parliament signs into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill

<span style="color: #222222;">France's Parliament has signed into law a controversial asylum and immigration bill. <br />''<br />''The bill is designed to accelerate asylum procedures by cutting the maximum processing time from the current 120 days to 90 days after entering France. The text was adopted on a final reading by 100 votes in favour to 25 against with 11 abstentions. <br />''<br />''The Senate had rejected the bill on Tuesday, but the Lower House passed the text as President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique En Marche party holds a large majority, even if the law has exposed divisions within his own camp</span><br />''  <br />

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