Irregular Immigration
Illegal immigration developed as immigration policy became more rigid. In 2006, The French Ministry of the Interior estimated clandestine immigrants ("sans-papiers ") in France amounted to anywhere between 200.000 and 400.000, also expecting between 80.000 and 100.000 people to enter the country illegally each year.
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