UM atUM [S02-ep19]: On Immigration
This week on *AUM science*, an in-depth interview with Eric Savarese, a researcher at the CEPEL political science laboratory, who discusses his latest book, *Ten Questions on Immigration*.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve all been following—to one degree or another—the political news of recent weeks, with its focus on pensions, protests, and the invocation of Article 49.3 before a National Assembly that is more divided than ever. Let’s set aside the pension reform for now and ask ourselves: How will this parliament emerge from this crisis after a no-confidence motion was rejected by a margin of just nine votes? How will the National Assembly continue to function as Emmanuel Macron’s term barely—and with great difficulty—completes its first year? This is an important question because the coming weeks and months also promise their share of divisions, starting with the new bill on immigration, integration, and asylum presented to the Council of Ministers on February 1 and set to be debated in the National Assembly very soon. “Yet another immigration law,” you might say—and rightly so. From the Pasqua Act of 1986 to the Collomb Act of 2018, some twenty laws have been enacted in just over 30 years. Every government since then, without exception, has enacted legislation addressing immigration, asylum, or citizenship—or even several of these issues at once. As we stand on the cusp of a new debate that promises to be heavily ideologically charged, we invite you to join us over the next 30 minutes to demystify the major concepts surrounding immigration so we can better reexamine them in the current context. Our guest is Eric Savarese, a political science researcher at the Center for Political and Social Studies (CEPEL). He recently published a book titled *Ten Questions on Immigration*, released by Deboeck last January.
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Co-production: Divergence FM / University of Montpellier
Host: Lucie Lecherbonnier
Interview: Lucie Lecherbonnier / Aline Périault
Director: Naomi Charmetan
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